Twelve Hours of Happiness
1952 film
- 27 August 1952 (1952-08-27)
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Twelve Hours of Happiness (French: Douze heures de bonheur) is a 1952 French romantic comedy drama film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Dany Robin, Georges Marchal and Jean Tissier.[1] [2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Clavel. It is also known by the alternative title Jupiter.
Synopsis
The daughter of a provincial pharmacist is due to marry her distant cousin Gilbert in an arranged marriage. However, she meets a stranger in the forest who has escaped from an asylum and who she dubs "Jupiter". He pretends to be her cousin and makes a good impression on the pharmacist. However complications ensue when the real cousin arrives.
Cast
- Dany Robin as Yvette Cornet
- Georges Marchal as Jupiter' L'inconnu - l'évadé de lasile psychiatrique
- Jean Tissier as Benjamin Cornet
- Huguette Duflos as Clémence Cornet
- François Guérin as Gilbert Lantois
- Pierre Moncorbier as Le gendarme Mérovée
- Robert Seller
- Micheline Gary
- Floriane Prévot
References
Bibliography
- Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1951–1955. Pygmalion, 1989.
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
- Twelve Hours of Happiness at IMDb
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Films directed by Gilles Grangier
- Adémaï bandit d'honneur (1943)
- The Black Cavalier (1945)
- Lessons in Conduct (1946)
- The Adventure of Cabassou (1946)
- Trente et Quarante (1946)
- Something to Sing About (1947)
- Rendezvous in Paris (1947)
- Danger of Death (1947)
- Par la fenêtre (1948)
- Woman Without a Past (1948)
- Jo la Romance (1949)
- Amour et compagnie (1950)
- Amédée (1950)
- The Little Zouave (1950)
- Les femmes sont folles (1950)
- The Straw Lover (1950)
- The Happy Man (1950)
- Les petites Cardinal (1951)
- The Prettiest Sin in the World (1951)
- Love, Madame (1952)
- Twelve Hours of Happiness (1952)
- Jeunes mariés (1953)
- Rhine Virgin (1953)
- Faites-moi confiance (1954)
- Trust Me! (1954)
- April Fools' Day (1954)
- Gas-Oil (1955)
- Spring, Autumn and Love (1955)
- Gas-Oil (1955)
- Blood to the Head (1956)
- The Schemer (1957)
- Speaking of Murder (1957)
- Three Days to Live (1957)
- Not Delivered (1958)
- Le Désordre et la Nuit (1958)
- Archimède le clochard (1959)
- 125 Rue Montmartre (1959)
- The Old Guard (1960)
- The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961)
- The Gentleman from Epsom (1962)
- The Trip to Biarritz (1963)
- Maigret voit rouge (1963)
- My Wife's Husband (1963)
- That Tender Age (1964)
- Train d'enfer (1965)
- Les Bons Vivants (1965)
- The Man in the Buick (1968)
- Under the Sign of the Bull (1969)
- A Loser (1972)
- Gross Paris (1974)
- The Pirates of the Pacific (1975)
- Insula comorilor (1975)
- William the Conqueror (1982)
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