The read
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 80% of the 363 1930s drama movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
Mild-mannered novelist of Western fiction, Amédée Lange, and his colleagues take over a publishing house after their exploitative boss disappears, only for the superior to return and try to reclaim the profits from their successful cooperative.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do.
100 audience votes
Key crew
- Jean WienerOriginal Music Composer
- Joseph KosmaOriginal Music Composer
- Jean RenoirScreenplay
- Jean RenoirDirector
Cast
- René LefèvreMonsieur Lange
- FlorelleValentine
- Jules BerryBatala
- Marcel LévesqueConcierge
- Odette TalazacConcierge's Wife
- Nadia SibirskaïaEstelle
- Henri GuisolSon Meunier
- Maurice BaquetCharles, concierges' son
- Jacques BruniusMr. Baigneur
- Sylvain ItkineInspector Itkine / Batala's Cousin
- Marcel DuhamelForeman
- Sylvia BatailleEdith
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Themes
fake identity