Frou-Frou
Encyclopedia
Frou-Frou, is a French
comedy
film from 1955, directed by Augusto Genina
, written by A.E. Carr, starring Dany Robin
and Louis de Funès
. The film is known under the titles: "The Toy Wife", "Frou-Frou, die Pariserin" (Austria, West Germany).
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
comedy
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
film from 1955, directed by Augusto Genina
Augusto Genina
Augusto Genina was an Italian film pioneer. He was a movie producer and director.Born in Rome, Genina was a drama critic and wrote comedies for the Il Mondo Magazine, under advise of Aldo de Benedetti switches to movies for the "Film d'Arte Italiana", that produces his first film "La moglie di sua...
, written by A.E. Carr, starring Dany Robin
Dany Robin
Dany Robin was a French actress of the 1950s and the early 1960s who was married to fellow actor Georges Marchal.She performed with Peter Sellers in The Waltz of the Toreadors and co-starred opposite Kirk Douglas in the 1953 romantic drama Act of Love.Robin co-starred with Connie Francis, Paula...
and Louis de Funès
Louis de Funès
Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza was a very popular French actor who is one of the giants of French comedy alongside André Bourvil and Fernandel...
. The film is known under the titles: "The Toy Wife", "Frou-Frou, die Pariserin" (Austria, West Germany).
Cast
- Dany RobinDany RobinDany Robin was a French actress of the 1950s and the early 1960s who was married to fellow actor Georges Marchal.She performed with Peter Sellers in The Waltz of the Toreadors and co-starred opposite Kirk Douglas in the 1953 romantic drama Act of Love.Robin co-starred with Connie Francis, Paula...
: Antoinette Dubois called « Frou Frou » - Louis de FunèsLouis de FunèsLouis Germain David de Funès de Galarza was a very popular French actor who is one of the giants of French comedy alongside André Bourvil and Fernandel...
: Le colonel Cousinet-Duval, a protector of Frou Frou - Gino CerviGino CerviGino Cervi was an Italian actor of international fame.Cervi was born in Bologna. His father was the theatre critic Antonio Cervi.In 1928, he married Nini Gordini and they had a son, Tonino Cervi...
: the prince Vladimir Bilinsky, a protector - Philippe Lemairee : Michel Arthus, the young painter
- Ivan DesnyIvan DesnyIvan Nikolai Desnitskij was a Russian actor born in China who worked for most of his life in Germany.-Career:Desny was a film/movie actor. He acted in more than 150 films, most of them German...
: Henri de Gaspard, the first lover of Frou Frou - Mischa AuerMischa AuerMischa Auer was a Russian-born American actor.-Early life:Auer was born Mikhail Semyonovich Unskovsky in St. Petersburg, Russia...
: Le grand duc Alexis - Jean Wall : Jean Sabatier, a protector
- Umberto Menalti : Sigismond Meursault, le comte italien et protecteur
- Daniel CeccaldiDaniel CeccaldiDaniel Ceccaldi was a French actor.He was born in Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, France. The mild-mannered Daniel Ceccaldi is famous as Claude Jade's father Lucien Darbon in François Truffaut's movies Stolen Kisses and Bed & Board.Note: Christine refers to him twice as "Lucien", not papa, indicating...
: Le chevalier des Grieux, le jeune homme du bal masqué - Marie Sabouret : La grande duchesse Anna Ivanovna, patronne du restaurant russe
- Béatrice Arnac : Rosemonde
- Simone Sylvestre : Ketty
- Mylène DemongeotMylène DemongeotMylène Demongeot is a French actress, who has appeared in 72 films since 1953. She was born Marie-Hélène Demongeot in Nice, Southern France....
: the teacher of the colonel Cousinet-Duva - Isabelle Pia : Michèle Dubois, the girl of Frou Frou
External links
- Frou-Frou (1955) at the Films de France