A Rare Bird
1935 film by Richard Pottier
- 7 June 1935 (1935-06-07)
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A Rare Bird (French: Un oiseau rare) is a 1935 French comedy film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Pierre Brasseur, Max Dearly and Monique Rolland.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Hubert and Jacques Krauss. It is based on the 1934 novel Three Men in the Snow by Erich Kästner.[2]
Synopsis
A millionaire and a craftsman both win a competition to design a new slogan and win a stay at a hotel in a ski resort, but a series of misunderstandings lead to the two being confused for each other.
Cast
- Pierre Brasseur as Jean Berthier
- Max Dearly as Melleville
- Monique Rolland as Renée
- Charles Dechamps as Le directeur de l'hôtel
- Jean Tissier as Mascaret
- Madeleine Guitty as Léonie
- Henri Vilbert as Grégoire
- Claire Gérard as Mme Berthier
- Pierre Larquey as Valentin
- Marcel Duhamel as Le baron Tourtau
- Madeleine Suffel as La baronne Tourtau
- Anthony Gildès as Le sourd
- Léon Arvel as Broux
- Carlos Avril
- Lou Bonin
- Marguerite de Morlaye as La danseuse au bal masué
- Geno Ferny as Le membre du conseil d'administration
- Georges Jamin as Un montagnard
- Liliane Lesaffre as L'aubergiste
- Maurice Marceau as Le danseur au chalet
- Pierre Sabas
See also
- Three Men in the Snow (1936)
- Paradise for Three (1938)
- Three Men in the Snow (1955)
- Three Men in the Snow (1974)
References
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Parish, James Robert. Film Actors Guide. Scarecrow Press, 1977.
External links
- A Rare Bird at IMDb
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Films directed by Richard Pottier
- If I Were Boss (1934)
- Fanfare of Love (1935)
- A Rare Bird (1935)
- Guilty Melody (1936)
- Disk 413 (1936)
- 27, rue de la Paix (1936)
- The Secrets of the Red Sea (1937)
- Lights of Paris (1938)
- The World Will Tremble (1939)
- Mademoiselle Swing (1942)
- Eight Men in a Castle (1942)
- No Love Allowed (1942)
- Picpus (1943)
- My Love is Near You (1943)
- The Wolf Farm (1943)
- Majestic Hotel Cellars (1945)
- Destiny (1946)
- Vertigo (1947)
- The White Night (1948)
- Barry (1949)
- Two Loves (1949)
- Casimir (1950)
- Murders (1950)
- Darling Caroline (1951)
- Rendezvous in Grenada (1951)
- Imperial Violets (1952)
- The Case Against X (1952)
- The Beautiful Otero (1954)
- The Lebanese Mission (1956)
- The Singer from Mexico (1957)
- Tabarin (1958)
- Serenade of Texas (1958)
- David and Goliath (1960)
- Romulus and the Sabines (1961)
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