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Wikipedia article




'Behind the Facade' (French: 'Derrire la faade') is a 1939 French drama film directed by Georges Lacombe and Yves Mirande and starring Lucien Baroux, Jules Berry and Andr Lefaur.Aitken p.511 The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris.

Synopsis



When the owner of an apartment block is found murdered, two policeman investigate the lives of the various tenants who live there.

Cast



* Lucien Baroux as Le commissaire Boucheron

* Jules Berry as Alfrdo D'Avila

* Andr Lefaur as Corbeau

* Gaby Morlay as Gaby

* Elvire Popesco as Madame Rameau

* Michel Simon as Picking

* Betty Stockfeld as L'anglaise

* Erich von Stroheim as Eric

* Simone Berriau as Lydia

* Missia as Josphine Picking

* Raymond Segard as Robert Bernier

* Marcel Orluc as Grard Bernier

* Jean Daurand as Le tlgraphiste

* Elmire Vautier as Marie, l'habilleuse de Lydia

* Lina Darwils as Une locataire

* Robert Ozanne as Le brigadier

* Claude Sainval as Le gigolo de Gaby

* Raymone as La bonne de Madame Mathieu

* Jean Joffre as Monsieur Martin, l'aveugle

* Lise Courbet as Paulette

* Andrex as Andr Laurent, l'employ de banque

* Julien Carette as Le soldat

* Aim Clariond as Le prsident Bernier

* Jacques Dumesnil as Albert Durant, le jouer de poker

* Paul Faivre as Le concierge

* Marcel Simon as Jules, l'amant de Gaby

* Gaby Sylvia as Madeleine Martin

* Gabrielle Dorziat as Madame Bernier

* Jacques Baumer as Lambert

* Marguerite Moreno as La sous-directrice

* Georges Bever as Un chauffeur de taxi

* Rivers Cadet as Un agent

* Roger Doucet

* Hlne Flouest

* Georges Malkine as Un chauffeur de taxi

* Franck Maurice as Un agent

* Yves Mirande as Le clochard sur le banc

* Robert Moor as Un agent

* Henri Nassiet as Petit rle

* Jean Wiener

References





Bibliography



* Aitken, Ian. 'The Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film'. Routledge, 2013.


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