Boudu Saved from Drowning
Synopsis
Michel Simon gives one of the most memorable performances in screen history as Boudu, a Parisian tramp who takes a suicidal plunge into the Seine and is rescued by a well-to-do bookseller, Edouard Lestingois. The Lestingois family decides to take in the irrepressible bum, and he shows his gratitude by shaking the household to its foundations. With Boudu Saved from Drowning, legendary director Jean Renoir takes advantage of a host of Parisian locations and the anarchic charms of his lead actor to create an effervescent satire of the bourgeoisie.
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Principal cast & crew: 19
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Edited by Suzanne De TroeyeShot by Georges AsselinDesigned by Jean Castanier
Also known as
- Boudu - Aus den Wassern gerettetde
- Boudu Saved from Drowningen
- Boudu salvado de las aguases
- Boudu salvato dalle acqueit
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Cast & Crew
19 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Michel Simon
as Priape Boudu
Marcelle Hainia
as Emma Lestingois
Severine Lerczinska
as Chloë Anne Marie, la bonne
Jean Gehret
as Vigour
Max Dalban
as Godin
Jean Daste
as L'étudiant
Charles Granval
as Édouard Lestingois
Genevieve Cadix
Jacques Becker
as Le poète
Georges D Arnoux
as Un invité à la noce
Regine Lutece
as la jeune femme au chien perdu
Jane Pierson
as Rose, la Voisine (uncredited)
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1Other crew
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