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Arletty
Claire Reine, dite Garance
Jean-Louis Barrault
Baptiste Debureau
Pierre Brasseur
Frédérick Lemaître
Marcel Herrand
Pierre-François Lacenaire
María Casares
Nathalie
Louis Salou
Édouard comte de Montray
Pierre Renoir
Jericho
Jane Marken
Mme Hermine
Gaston Modot
Fil de Soie
Fabien Loris
Avril
Marcel Pérès
Le directeur des Funambules
Etienne Decroux
Anselme Debureau
Marcelle Monthil
Marie
Louis Florencie
Le gendarme des 'Adrets'
Habib Benglia
L'employé des bains turcs
Rognoni
Le directeur du Grand Théâtre
Jacques Castelot
Georges
Paul Frankeur
L'inspecteur de police
Albert Rémy
Scarpia Barrigni
Robert Dhéry
Célestin
Pierre Palau
Le régisseur des Funambules
Auguste Bovério
Le premier auteur de "L'auberge des Adrets"
Paul Demange
Le deuxième auteur de "L'auberge des Adrets"
Lucienne Legrand
La première jolie théâtreuse
Maurice Schutz
L'encaisseur agressé par Lacenaire
Joe Alex
(uncredited)
Nicolas Bataille
Extra (uncredited)
Gérard Blain
(uncredited)
Bill Bocket
(uncredited)
Albert Broquin
(uncredited)
Jacques Josselin
(uncredited)
Paul Temps
(uncredited)
Michel Vadet
(uncredited)
Roger Vincent
(uncredited)
Rivers Cadet
Un bourgeois (uncredited)
Jean Carmet
Un spectateur au paradis des Funambules (uncredited)
Jean Diéner
Le troisième auteur de "L'Auberge des Adrets" (uncredited)
Guy Favières
Un encaisseur agressé par Lacenaire (uncredited)
Jean Gold
Le deuxième dandy (uncredited))
Gustave Hamilton
Le concierge du Grand Théâtre (uncredited)
Jean Lanier
Iago - dans la représentation d' "Othello" (uncredited)
Léon Larive
Le concierge des Funambules (uncredited)
Marcel Melrac
Un gendarme (uncredited)
André Numès
L'homme qui se fait voler sa montre (uncredited)
Raphaël Patorni
Un dandy (uncredited)
Lucien Walter
Le marchand de billets (uncredited)
Cynette Quero
La deuxième jolie théâtreuse (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Thu May 16 2024

Told in two acts with a curtain rising on both sections, this is quite a stylish, lavish even, and entertaining tale of a lady of the streets. "Garance" (Arletty) who sometimes uses her real name of "Claire Reine" is actually quite a decent woman who is wrongfully accused of pickpocketing in a busy market. Fortunately, the mime artist "Baptiste" comes to her rescue and quickly falls hook, line and sinker for the beautiful and charismatic woman. His problem is that she has no lack of suitors, and over the next three hours or so we are introduced to the lively and foppish "Lemaître" (Pierre Brass...