fiction.wikisort.org - Movie

The Weaker Sex (French: Le Sexe faible) is a 1933 French comedy film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Mireille Balin, Victor Boucher and Pierre Brasseur.[1] It was based on a 1929 stage farce of the same name by Édouard Bourdet.

The Weaker Sex
Directed by	Robert Siodmak
Written by	Édouard Bourdet (play and screenplay) Henry Koster
Produced by	André Haguet
Starring	Mireille Balin Victor Boucher Pierre Brasseur
Cinematography	Armand Thirard
Music by	Henri Verdun
Production companies	Les Films André Haguet Nero Film
Distributed by	César Films
Release date	17 October 1933
Running time	95 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Jacques-Laurent Atthalin and Hugues Laurent.

Cast

• Victor Boucher as Antoine
• Jeanne Cheirel as Madame Leroy-Gómez
• Betty Stockfeld as Dorothy Freeman
• Marguerite Moreno as La comtesse Polacchi
• Pierre Brasseur as Jimmy
• Mireille Balin as Nicole
• Suzanne Dantès as Christina
• Fernand Fabre as Manuel
• Philippe Hériat as Philippe
• Maud Mayer as Clarisse
• José Noguéro as Carlos Pinto
• Nadine Picard as Lily
• Suzy Delair as une couturière
• Marcel Maupi as le faux policier

References

Bibliography

• Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, Maryellen. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
• Hervé Dumont (1 January 1981). Robert Siodmak: le maître du film noir. L'AGE D'HOMME. pp. 95–. ISBN 978-2-8251-3349-1.

External links

• The Weaker Sex at IMDb
• Video on YouTube (small portion of film)

---