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Frou Frou is a film Franco-Italian realized by Augusto Genina, release in 1955.
♦ Synopsis :
Some Sirs of a certain age, prince Vladimir Bilinsky, Jean Sabatier, colonel Bearing-Duval, Sigismond Meursault, take under their protection pretty a sixteen year old bouquetière : Antoinette Dubois known as "Frou Frou". None them has the right to allure it, but all get busy there. Become a singer in vogue, it gets excited of Henri de Gaspard who forsakes it. After several years spent to Russia with prince Vladimir, Frou Frou returns to France, gets excited of a missed painter, Michel Arthus and after the suicide of this last, only her Michele daughter raises, whom it will let leave to far towards the man that it likes.
♦ Specification sheet :
- Title : Frou-Frou
- Realization : Augusto Genina
- Scenario : Augusto Genina, A. E. Carr and Cécil Saint-Laurent according to the novel (Editions Gallimard, collection L'Air du temps)
- Adaptation : Augusto Genina, Sandro De Stefani, Jean Ferry
- Dialogue : Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon
- Music : Louiguy (Éditions Hortensia)
- Production assistants : Jean Aurel, Pierre Blondy, Mario Russo
- Découpage : Augusto Genina
- Images : Henri Alekan
- Opérateur : Gustave Raulet
- Son : Pierre Calvet
- Décors : Paul Bertrand, assisté de James Allan
- Costumes : Marc Doelnitz, Paulette Coquatrix, Ted Lapidus
- Division : Boris De Fast
- Hairstyles : Alex Archambault
- Choregraphy : boards of music hall of Jean Le Seyeux, Albert Caraco
- Photographer of tray : Roger Corbeau
- Scripte : Alice Ziller
- Editing : Léonide Azar, assisted of Suzanne Rondeau
- General manager : Louis Théron, assisted of Jean Pieuchot
- Manager interior designer : Roger Volper
- Country origin : France, Italy
- Shooting from December 14th, 1954 till March 12th, 1955 in studios Paris Studio Film
- Leader of production : Albert Caraco
- Manager of production : Maggie Gillet
- Administrator of production : Jean Demongeaux
- Delegated producer : Claude Heymann
- Society of production : Gamma Film (France), Cinefilm (France), Italgamma (Italy)
- Distribution : Gamma Film
- Format : color by Eastmancolor — 2.35:1 CinemaScope — stereophonic sound system Western Electric — 35 mm
- Edition : Laboratory GTC of Joinville
- Genre : comedy drama
- Duration : 112 min
- Date exit : November 30th, 1955 in France
♦ Distribution :
- Dany Robin : Antoinette Dubois said « Frou Frou »
- Louis de Funès : The colonel Cousinet-Duval, the defender of Frou Frou
- Gino Cervi : The prince Vladimir Bilinsky, the defender
- Philippe Lemaire : Michel Arthus, the young painter
- Ivan Desny : Henri De Gaspard, the first lover of Frou Frou
- Mischa Auer : The big duke Alexis
- Jean Wall : Jean Sabatier, the defender
- Umberto Menalti : Sigismond Meursault, the Italian count and the defender
- Daniel Ceccaldi : The knight of Grieux, the young man of the masked ball
- Marie Sabouret : The big duchess Anna Ivanovna, the boss of the Russian restaurant
- Béatrice Arnac : Rosemonde
- Simone Sylvestre : Ketty
- Mylène Demongeot : The mistress of the colonel Cousinet-Duval
- Isabelle Pia : Michèle Dubois, the girl of Frou Frou
- Gisèle Robert : Mistinguett, the singer
- Madeleine Barbulée : Mme Berthe, the cloakroom lady
- Lucienne Legrand : Zita, the Hungarian
- Michel Subor : The young man to the restaurant
- Paul Demange : The manager of the theater
- Jacques Duby : The hunter of the Russian restaurant
- Grégoire Gromoff : The Russian carrier at the station
- R.J. Chauffard : A man in the varnishing
- Daniel Emilfork : criticizes Him in paint
- Jean Hebey : The man who wants to kidnap Frou Frou
- Jean Bellanger : The man of the train
- Robert Thomas : The man disguised as priest in the masked ball
- Jimmy Perrys : A buyer in the varnishing
- Jean Droze : A "false pirate" on the boat
- Paul Bonifas : A desk clerk of the hotel
- Jean Jacques : A man in the masked ball
- Léon Larive : A director of the theater
- Georgette Anys : A woman of the train
- Capucine : A friend of Arthus, the painter
- Danik Pattison : A friend of Arthus, the painter
- Lucien Blondeau : Joseph, the domestic of Sabatier
- Charles Bayard : A man in the hotel
- Léon Bary
- Marcel Loche
- Roland Rodier
- Edouard Adam
- Jean-Pierre Hébrard
- Denise Carvenne
- Véronique Drey
- Pénélope Portrait
- Irène Tunc
- Betty Philippsen
- Florence Arnaud
- Véronique Zuber
- Nicole Fabrice
- Mariolina Bovo
- Frédéric Valmain
♦ Around the film :
Brigitte Bardot, that one finds sometimes, by error, in the distribution of film, was initially planned for the role.
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