The read
It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
Mathias Pascal, saddled with a stupid wife and a nagging mother-in-law, leaves home and is extremely lucky at several gambling resorts. He returns home and discovers that a drowned man, fished out of the river, bears an uncanny likeness to him and is being buried by his family as him. This, to him, is a pleasant turn of events and he goes to Rome, where he falls in love with Louise Paleari. Count Papiano, a jealous suitor of Louise's, threatens him with arrest unless he produces credentials to prove his identity.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
20 audience votes
Key crew
- Pierre ChenalDirector
- Roger VitracScreenplay
- Christian StengelScreenplay
- Pierre ChenalScreenplay
- Armand SalacrouScreenplay
Cast
- Pierre BlancharMathias Pascal / Adrien Meis
- Isa MirandaLouise Paleari
- Robert Le ViganLe comte Papiano
- Ginette LeclercRomilda Pescatore
- Catherine FonteneyDelphine Pescatore
- Charlotte Barbier-KraussAngelica Fede Pascal
- Margo LionMlle Caporale
- SinoëlHenri Paleari
- MaximilienneLa tante Scholastique
- Pierre PalauLe chevalier Titus
- Pierre AlcoverMalagna, l'ancien prétendant et notaire de Madame Pascal
- Léonce Cornel'hôtelier du Luxor