The Man Who Played with Fire (French: L'homme qui joue avec le feu) is a 1942 French romantic drama film directed by Jean de Limur and starring Ginette Leclerc, Jacqueline Laurent and Aimé Clariond.https://www.unifrance.org/film/37919/l-homme-qui-joue-avec-le-feuRège p.643 The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert-Jules Garnier.
Synopsis A well-meaning wealthy man Monsieur Desert decides to try and cure men and women of heartaches in love. He establishes a retreat for them in the grounds of a country estate and with the assistance of his grandson Bernard attempts to watch over them to cure them of love. However, things do not go according to plan.
Cast Ginette Leclerc as Clara Jacqueline Laurent as Mireille Aimé Clariond as Monsieur Desert Georges Marchal as Bernard Jean Davy as Jacques Marthe Mellot as Madame des Perthuis Germaine Kerjean as Madame Suzanne Régine Poncet as La femme Georges Vitray as Lebergier Georges Jamin as L'homme douteux Sophie Desmarets as Gabrielle Lucien Leblanc as Léon Liliane Lesaffre as La malade André Lorière as Monsieur Blanche Albert Malbert as Le clochard Frédéric Mariotti as Le garçon de café
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Bibliography Leahy, Sarah & Vanderschelden, Isabelle. Screenwriters in French cinema. Manchester University Press, 2021. Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009. Siclier, Jacques. La France de Pétain et son cinéma. H. Veyrier, 1981.
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