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FELICIE NANTEUIL (Original title)HISTOIRE COMIQUE (Alternative title)Le PLUS GRAND AMOUR (Alternative title)
Date: 1942 (Release)

Country: France

Director: Marc Allégret

Synopsis: Based on a story by Anatole France "Histoire Comique" about ambitious actress Félicie Nanteuil who goes to Paris with her young admirer Cavalier. However, once there she leaves Cavalier and sets up with a wealthy aristocrat. Cavalier commits suicide which ultimately affects Félicie so much that she changes her lifestyle and leads a wiser and more honourable life.

Genre:
Drama
Credits (14)
Production Company: Films Imperia, Production Manager: Roger Le Bon, Assistant Director: Pierre Prévert, Script: Charles De Peyret-Chappuis, Script: Curt Alexander, Dialogue: Marcel Achard, Author of the Original Work: Anatole France, Photography: Louis Page, Editor: Henri Taverna, Art Director: Paul Bertrand, Art Director: Auguste Capelier, Music: Jacques Ibert, Sound: Jo de Bretagne
Cast (18)
Micheline Presle (Félicie Nanteuil), Claude Dauphin (Aimé Cavalier), Louis Jourdan (Robert de Ligny), Jacques Louvigny (Pradel), Mady Berry (Madame Michon), Marcelle Praince (Madame Nanteuil), Charlotte Clasis (Madame Pierson), Gaston Orbal (Constantin), Charles Lavialle (Durville), Jean d' Yd (Dr Socrate), Simone Sylvestre (Madame de Ligny), Marion Malville (Fagette), Danièle Delorme, Henri Lefevre, Max Revol, Roger Pigaut, Edmond Beauchamp, Pierre Prévert