
Josette
Released: January 22, 1937Runtime: 90 minLanguage: FR
Albert Durandal is unable to keep a job for more than a few days. The reason: he hums while working, which invariably irritates his superiors. He is not hired as a singer for all that, as no music producer is prepared to bet on him. At the moment he is as free as a (singing) bird and accepts to take care of Josette, the little daughter of Jeanne, his neighbor, who is sick and has to go to a sanitarium. One day, while walking down the street, he helps an old man who has an attack. The latter happens to be an influential millionaire. And with a heart of gold into the bargain : he helps Albert to make it in the singing career. And as Jeanne has recovered, he can marry her and adopt Josette.
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Fernandel
as Albert Durandal aka Albertal
Josette Contandin
as Josette
Lucien Rozenberg
as Le baron Samuel Rothenmeyer
Andrex
as Lucien
Nicolas Amato
as Le chanteur des rues
Robert Seller
as Émile - le valet du baron
Jacqueline Prevot
as Jeanne - la maman de Josette
Robert Arnoux
as Rémy Doré
Mona Goya
as La chanteuse Viviane Eros
Joe Alex
as Bamboula - le domestique noir
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