Mauvaise Graine (1934)
- Original title
- Mauvaise graine
- Directed by
- Alexander Esway, Billy Wilder
- Genre
- drama film, crime film, action comedy film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Rating
- 5.7 of 10 from 39 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A wealthy young playboy’s reckless lifestyle leads him to accidentally fall in with a gang of car thieves in 1930s France. He has to adapt to their criminal world while trying to avoid getting caught.
lightheartedfast-pacedplayfulslightly rebelliouscriminaladventurousentertainingclassic-era
What happens
Mauvaise Graine (English: Bad Seed) is a 1934 French action comedy directed by Billy Wilder (in his directorial debut) and Alexander Esway. The screenplay by Wilder, Jan Lustig, Max Colpet, and Claude-André Puget focuses on a wealthy young playboy who becomes involved with a gang of car thieves. Although Wilder and Esway shared the directing credit, in later years leading lady Danielle Darrieux recalled Esway had been involved with the project in some capacity but clearly remembered she had never seen him on the set. It was remade in Britain in 1936 as the film The First Offence starring John Mills and Lilli Palmer. It was later remade in France as the 1950 film The Unexpected Voyager. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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