Miquette is a young woman whose beauty and vivacity increase the clientele of her mother's tobacco shop. A Barrymoresque actor believes that Miquette has star potential, but he hasn't sufficient capital to finance her theatrical debut. He manages to get the money by practicing a bit of genteel blackmail on an aging marquis who has romantic designs on the heroine.
Acting
Lilian Harvey's luminous star power commands every frame.
Costume
Glamorous gowns that scream studio-system escapism.
Director
Jean Boyer
Lilian Harvey
Miquette Grandier
Lucien Baroux
Monchablon
André Lefaur
Le marquis de la Tour-Mirande
Marguerite Pierry
Madame Grandier
Léon Belières
Lahirel
Suzanne Dantès
Mademoiselle Émilienne
Daniel Gélin
Agnès Capri
Madame Mercadier
Jean Brochard
Hugues de Bagratide
Yvonne Yma
Madeleine Suffel
Perrine
Anthony Gildès
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during the German occupation of France, this escapist comedy was deliberately lightweight—a commercial calculation to avoid political trouble.
Lilian Harvey was a massive star in Weimar Germany who fled the Nazis; this French production was part of her attempted reinvention.
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