A girl, Marie, who got engaged to a boy who is leaving for military training (thirteen days) wins two million on the raffle, thanks to an older man, Claude, whom she calls her good luck …
Writing
Guitry's breakneck dialogue—he wrote, directed, and starred, obviously.
Acting
Delubac's sparkling chemistry with her then-husband Guitry, impossible to fake.
Direction
Theatrical staging that knows exactly when to wink at the camera.
Director
Sacha Guitry
Sacha Guitry
Claude
Jacqueline Delubac
Marie
Pauline Carton
la mère de Marie
André Numès
Prosper
Paul Dullac
le maire
Rivers Cadet
le greffier
Charles Montel
un vieux monsieur qui passe
Andrée Guize
Henriette Lepeltier
Madeleine Suffel
la gantière
Renée Dennsy
la radeuse
Lucienne Givry
l’élégante
Simone Sandre
l’épicière
Robert Darthez
Gaston Lepeltier
Robert Seller
le maître d’hôtel
Louis Baldy
l’employé de banque
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Guitry and Delubac were married in real life during filming, their fifth collaboration in two years—he basically built a studio around their relationship.
This was Guitry's transition from pure theater to 'filmed theater,' a style French critics still argue about—cinematic innovation or just lazy adaptation?
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