Kohlman, the attorney for the Fournil bank, diverts money from the institution. To hide his malpractices, he imagines to remove the director, the young and overconfident Clement Fournil, during a cruise at sea on the yacht Emile Frechisse.
Acting
Pierre Brasseur's yacht owner—oily, smug, impossible to look away from
Production
1948 maritime sets that creak with authentic studio charm
Writing
Kohlman's escalating panic: a masterclass in comedic cowardice
Director
Pierre Montazel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Post-war French comedy loved skewering banking elites; this hit theaters as the Fourth Republic struggled with reconstruction corruption.
Director Montazel was primarily an editor—this rarity as director shows in the razor-sharp timing of Kohlmain's unraveling.
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