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Bookmark this pageRigolboche (1936)
Director: Christian-Jaque
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From Time Out Film Guide
Aged 61, gallantly described as a young lady and supposedly capturing the heart of a noticeably bored Jules Berry, the fabled Mistinguett delivers all her close-up lines gazing soulfully skywards (presumably it helped to keep the dewlaps from sagging). Fleeing from a shady past in Dakar, she becomes a star in Paris, finding time to croon to her boarded-out child along the way. Gracelessly tedious, but there is one nice thing about the film : it was solemnly banned during the WWII Occupation because the Germans thought the title (actually the name of Mistinguett's character) was making fun of 'les Boches'.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: Christian-Jaque
Producer: Jean-Pierre Frogerais
Cast: Mistinguett, Jules Berry, André Lefaur full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 90 mins
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