At Your Command, Madame

1942 film
  • 16 October 1942 (1942-10-16)
Running time
91 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrench

At Your Command, Madame (French: À vos ordres, Madame) is a 1942 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Jean Tissier, Suzanne Dehelly and Jacqueline Gauthier. It is based on a story by André Birabeau.[1] It was made by Pathé at the company's Francoeur Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand.

Synopsis

When their car breaks down in the country, a couple have to stay at a nearby luxury hotel. Despite being well-off, the miserly wife takes advantage of a special offer to get her husband a cheap room by pretending he is her chauffeur while taking an expensive one for herself as a "baroness". Complications ensue however when a chambermaid begins to fall for her husband, while she herself is courted by one of the guests.

Cast

  • Jean Tissier as Hector Dupuis
  • Suzanne Dehelly as Odette Dupuis
  • Jacqueline Gauthier as Angèle
  • Jacques Louvigny as Monsieur Palureau
  • Albert Duvaleix as Le portier
  • Gaby Wagner as La cocotte du 27
  • Pierre Labry as Le mécanicien-chef
  • Jean-Louis Allibert as Le directeur de l'hôtel
  • Nane Germon as Léa
  • Gaston Modot as Le garçon d'étage
  • Léonce Corne as Victor
  • Agnès Raynal as Rose Palureau
  • Alfred Adam as Ferdinand - le chauffeur de Palureau

References

  1. ^ Goble p.41

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • At Your Command, Madame at IMDb
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