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President Haudecoeur (1940)

President Haudecoeur poster
Original title
Le Président Haudecœur
Directed by
Jean Dréville
Genre
comedy film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 50m
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A small town president gets caught up in a series of comic misunderstandings. The film follows his attempts to manage his personal and public life.

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What happens

President Haudecoeur (French: Le président Haudecoeur) is a 1940 French comedy film directed by Jean Dréville and starring Harry Baur, Betty Stockfeld and Marguerite Deval. It was shot at the Marseille Studios of Marcel Pagnol in Southern France. The film's sets were designed by the art director Roland Quignon. It is an adaptation of the play by Roger Ferdinand. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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