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The Bureaucrats (French: Messieurs les ronds de cuir) is a 1936 French comedy film directed by Yves Mirande and starring Lucien Baroux, Pierre Larquey and Gabriel Signoret.[1] It was remade as 1959 film of the same title.

The Bureaucrats
Directed by	Yves Mirande
Written by	Georges Courteline (novel) Yves Mirande
Produced by	Bernard Simon
Starring	Lucien Baroux Pierre Larquey Gabriel Signoret
Cinematography	Charles Bauer Marius Raichi Charles Van Enger
Edited by	Maurice Serein M.J. Yvanne
Music by	Armand Bernard André Hornez
Production company	Paris Ciné Films
Distributed by	Compagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique
Release date	15 December 1936
Running time	95 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Plot

The film, which is a satire of government bureaucracy, is about public servants who spend so much time sitting in their office chairs that they need to order special cushions for their buttocks. The premise is referenced in the original French title Messieurs les ronds de cuir, which translates into Men with the leather circles, alludes to.

Cast

• Lucien Baroux as Lahrier
• Pierre Larquey as Le conservateur
• Gabriel Signoret as M. Soupe
• Saturnin Fabre as Le tondu
• Roger Duchesne as Chavarax
• Jean Tissier as Nègre
• Josette Day as Mme Chavarax
• Arletty as La belle-soeur de la hourmerie
• Armand Lurville as La Hourmerie
• Georges Bever as Ovide
• André Numès Fils as Sainthomme
• Betty Spell as Mlle de Rocroy
• Jeanne Véniat as Mme La Hourmerie
• Paul Faivre as Van der Hogen
• Emile Saulieu as Le concierge
• Léonce Corne as Le chef du service des expéditions
• Simone Chobillon

Production

The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux.

References

Bibliography

• Andrews, Dudley. Mists of Regret: Culture and Sensibility in Classic French Film. Princeton University Press, 1995.

External links

• The Bureaucrats at IMDb

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