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A Telephone Call (1932)

A Telephone Call poster
Original title
Un coup de téléphone
Directed by
Georges Lacombe
Genre
comedy drama
Country
France
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man and a woman's relationship is tested by a series of misunderstandings that come to a head during a telephone call. It is based on a play and follows the comic complications that arise from their conversation.

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What happens

A Telephone Call (French: Un coup de téléphone) is a 1932 French comedy film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Jean Weber, Colette Darfeuil and Jeanne Boitel. It is based on a play of the same title by Paul Gavault and Georges Berr. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Eugène Lourié, Lazare Meerson and Pierre Schild. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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