Shop Girls of Paris (1943)

Original title

Au Bonheur des Dames

Directed by

André Cayatte

Genre

drama film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 28m

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a French historical drama about young women working in a large department store in the late 1800s. It follows their lives and relationships within the store, focusing on the personal and economic pressures they face.

perioddramaticbittersweetleisurelyearnestobservationalnostalgic

What happens

Shop Girls of Paris or The Ladies' Delight (French: Au Bonheur des Dames) is a 1943 French historical drama film directed by André Cayatte and starring Michel Simon, Albert Préjean and Blanchette Brunoy. It is an adaptation of the 1883 novel Au Bonheur des Dames by Émile Zola. The film was made by the German-backed company Continental Films. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris with location filming taking place at the Bon Marché department store. The film's sets were created by the art director Andrej Andrejew. The costumes were designed by Rosine Delamare It was the second film adaptation of Zola's Au Bonheur des Dames in a French production, after Au Bonheur des Dames by Julien Duvivier in 1930 (Lupu Pick had directed a German adaptation in 1922). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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