Barnabé is a 1938 French comedy film directed by Alexander Esway and starring Fernandel, Marguerite Moreno and Andrex.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.189 It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors André Barsacq and Pierre Schild. It was based on an operetta by Jean Bastia.
Synopsis Barnabé, a young flautist, arrives at the house of Madame Petit-Durand to perform for the birthday of her daughter. However, he is mistaken by Madame for the Count de Marengo who she plans for her daughter to marry. Barnabé is himself really in love with the gamekeeper's daughter.
Cast Fernandel as Barnabé Marguerite Moreno as La marquise de Marengo Andrex as André Dubreuil Lucien Callamand as Ricavel Germaine Charley as Madame Petit-Durand Charles Dechamps as Adhemar Arthur Devère Paulette Dubost as Rose Louis Florencie Josseline Gaël as Mado Claude May as Jackie Petit-Durand Max Rogerys Noël Roquevert as Hilaire, Le garde-chasse Roland Toutain as Paul de Marengo Jean Témerson as Firmin Victor Vina
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Bibliography Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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