Deburau is a 1951 French historical comedy drama film directed by and starring Sacha Guitry alongside Lana Marconi, Robert Seller and Jeanne Fusier-Gir. It is based on Guitry's own 1918 play Deburau, inspired by the life of the eighteenth century mime Jean-Gaspard Deburau.Hayward p.462 It was shot at the Francoeur Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux.
Cast Sacha Guitry as Jean-Gaspard Deburau / Self Lana Marconi as Marie Duplessis Michel François as Charles Deburau fils Robert Seller as M. Bertrand Jeanne Fusier-Gir as Mme. Raboin Georges Bever as Laurent Jean Danet as Armand Duval Claire Brilletti as Clara Henri Belly as Un journaliste Christine Darbel as Honorine Jacques de Féraudy as Le docteur Jacques Derives as Laplace Albert Duvaleix as Robillard Luce Fabiole as Mme. Rébard Françoise Fechter as Justine Andrée Guize as Une dame Yvonne Hébert as La caissière Henry Laverne as L'aboyeur Max Morana as Ménard
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Bibliography Hayward, Susan. French Costume Drama of the 1950s: Fashioning Politics in Film. Intellect Books, 2010.
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