One man, two wives, zero peace — then wife #3 crashes the party.
Maitre de Latour Martin had been reported missing during the war. Peace returned, he finds his two wives. Guilty of bigamy, he shelters the ladies in his home and a third woman arrives whom a dowry hunter had married thanks to the papers lost by the lawyer. Life at four is stormy and Maitre Latour regrets his life as a soldier.
Acting
Georges Grey's exhausted everyman sells the absurd premise.
Writing
Tight farce construction — door-slamming chaos in 85 minutes.
Director
Jacques de Casembroot
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Post-WWII French comedy obsessed with returned soldiers finding domestic life more chaotic than combat — national anxiety masked with laughter.
Director Jacques de Casembroot mostly worked as assistant director; this rare lead credit vanished into obscurity until recent restoration.
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