The Bureaucrats (French: Messieurs les ronds de cuir) is a 1959 French comedy film directed by Henri Diamant-Berger and starring Noël-Noël, Philippe Clay and Jean Richard.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.143 It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's art direction was by Roger Briaucourt. It is a remake of the 1936 film of the same title, with both based on a novel by Georges Courteline.
Partial cast Noël-Noël as M. de la Hourmerie Philippe Clay as Letondu Jean Richard as Boudin Jacques Grello as Chavarax Paul Demange as Ovide Bernard Lavalette as Van Der Hogen Lucien Baroux as Le père Soupe Pierre Brasseur as M. Nègre Pierre Doris as Léonce Jean Poiret as René Lahrier Micheline Dax as Gaby Mathilde Casadesus as Mme Nègre Robert Burnier as Rodolphe Salis Madeleine Suffel as Mme de La Hourmerie Hubert Deschamps as Le curé dans le train Jean Parédès as Gorguchon
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Bibliography Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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