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Napoleon Road
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Wikipedia article
'Napoleon Road' (French: 'La route Napolon') is a 1953 French comedy film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Pierre Fresnay, Henri Vilbert and Claude Laydu.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090526063600/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/334620 BFI.org] It was partly shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Serge Pimnoff.
Synopsis
A chancer organises a series of package tours along a route said to have been taken by Napoleon in 1815 when in fact the Emperor never set foot there. The local inhabitants back up his story as they hope to cash in on the tourist boom.
Cast
* Pierre Fresnay as douard Martel
* Henri Vilbert as Blaise
* Claude Laydu as Pierre Marchand
* Ren Gnin as Le cur
* Mireille Ozy as Stella
* Raphal Patorni as Bonvent
* Fernand Sardou as Le maire de Bourg-sur-Blone
* Henri Arius as Le boucher
* Fransined as Le pharmacien
* Nicolas Amato as Figuires
* Maurice Bnard as Le ministre
* Pierrette Caillol as La femme dudocteur
* Lucien Callamand as Sabatier- le garde-champtre
* Serge Davin as Cabanis - le coiffeur
* Germaine de France as Madame Martel
* Jean Landier as Emery
* Julien Maffre as Un habitant
* Denise Precheur as Une employe
* Annie Roudier as Delphine
* Hlne Tossy as La postire
* Edmond Verva as Le pre du jeune Victor
* Claude Laydu as Pierre Marchand
* Jean Panisse as Raphal
* Marie Albe as Clarisse - la journaliste
References
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