A Dog's Life (French: Une vie de chien) is a 1943 French comedy film directed by Maurice Cammage and starring Fernandel, Josseline Gaël and Félicien Tramel.https://www.unifrance.org/film/7607/une-vie-de-chienSiclier p.424 It was shot in 1941 but its release was delayed.Rège p.167 It was made at the Marseille Studios in the Unoccupied Zone of France. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani.
Synopsis Gustave Bourdillon is a teacher in a boarding school for girls. When the headmaster dies, Gustave courts his much younger widow Émilie Calumet. However she is convinced that her husband has returned to earth as a dog and dotes on it. Gustave sets out to win her over, going so far as to disguise himself as a woman in order to take an examination on her behalf.
Cast Fernandel as Gustave Bourdillon Josseline Gaël as Émilie Calumet Félicien Tramel as Triboule Jean-Pierre Kérien as Grégorius Francis Claude as Galloche Thérèse Dorny as Léocadie Jim Gérald as Calumet Édouard Delmont as Tournemire Médor as Le chien Gaston Orbal as Truphème Jean Pouzet as Postiche
References
Bibliography 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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