Claude Autant-Lara

Le mariage de Chiffon

Le mariage de Chiffon

This delightful comedy brought Claude Autant-Lara his first popular success as a director. Chiffon (Odette Joyeux) is being pushed by her mother to wed a dashing military officer (André Luguet) but finds herself drawn to her stepfather’s penniless brother (Jacques Dumesnil). For Le mariage de Chiffon, Autant-Lara convened the creative team—including screenwriter Jean Aurenche, cameraman Philippe Agostini, and the incomparable Joyeux—that would reunite for each of his subsequent three features, initiating a remarkable run of sharp love stories.

Film Info

  • France
  • 1942
  • 103 minutes
  • Black & White
  • 1.37:1
  • French

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Eclipse Series 45: Claude Autant-Lara—Four Romantic Escapes from Occupied France

Eclipse Series 45: Claude Autant-Lara—Four Romantic Escapes from Occupied France

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$47.96

Le mariage de Chiffon
Cast
Odette Joyeux
Chiffon/Corysande
André Luguet
Duke d’Aubières, the colonel
Jacques Dumesnil
Marc de Bray
Suzanne Dantès
Madame de Bray
Georges Vitray
Van Doren
Louis Seigner
Philippe de Bray
Robert Le Vigan
Maître Blondin, the usher
Pierre Larquey
Jean
Credits
Director
Claude Autant-Lara
Adapted from the novel by
Gyp
Scenario by
Maurice Blondeau
Adaptation and dialogue by
Jean Aurenche
Music by
Roger Desormière
Cinematography by
Jean Isnard
Second camera operator
Philippe Agostini
Production design by
Jacques Krauss
Editing by
Raymond Lamy

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