L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard

108 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrench

L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard (English: The Strange Desire of Mr. Bard), is a French drama film from 1954, directed by Géza von Radványi, written by Géza von Radványi, starring Michel Simon and Louis de Funès.^[1]

Plot

Auguste Bard is a bus driver who lives alone because women don't find him attractive. He suffers with a heart condition and eventually he is told by his doctor that he has only a short time left to live. He decides to take an early retirement. Then he wins a huge amount of money at a casino and can afford to pay the professional dancer Donata to keep him company.

Cast

• Michel Simon: Auguste Bard
• Yves Deniaud: Antonio
• Geneviève Page: Donata
• Georgette Anys: Julie
• Louis de Funès: Monsieur Chanteau
• Paul Demange: the nervous doctor
• Paul Frankeur: the priest
• Geneviève Page: Donata Francescati, the dancer
• Henri Crémieux: Ernest, the grocer
• Henri Arius: the commissioner
• Lucien Callamand: the notary
• Emma Lyonel: the directrices
• Colette Ricard: Béatrice, the daughter of Julie and Ernest
• Jacques Erwin: the bailiff at the casino
• François Carron: the doctor at the maternity ward
• Maurice Bénard: the casino manager
• Yvonne Claudie: Caroline
• Félix Clément or Jean Clément: the first doctor
• Michel Gerbier: the little boy
• Claude Ermelli
• Colette Ravel
• Jacques Robin

References

External links

• L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard at IMDb
• L’Étrange désir de Monsieur Bard (1953) at the Films de France
• L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard at Uni France films