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Original title Drôle de drame ou L'étrange aventure du Docteur Molyneux
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
Swedish release 1939-04-15

Cast

Françoise Rosay
Margaret Molyneux

Michel Simon
Irwin Molyneux alias Félix Chapel, botanikprofessor

Louis Jouvet
Archibald Soper, biskop av Bedford

Jean-Pierre Aumont
Billy, mjölkhandlare

Jean-Louis Barrault
William Kramps

Nadine Vogel
Eva, sekreterare

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Titles

Original title
Swedish release title
Distribution title
Alternative title

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Dialogue
Unit Manager
Camera Operator
Assistant Cameraman
Costume Designer
Assistant Film Editor

Cast

Françoise Rosay Margaret Molyneux
Michel Simon Irwin Molyneux alias Félix Chapel, botanikprofessor
Louis Jouvet Archibald Soper, biskop av Bedford
Jean-Pierre Aumont Billy, mjölkhandlare
Jean-Louis Barrault William Kramps
Nadine Vogel Eva, sekreterare
Pierre Alcover inspektör Bray vid Scotland Yard
Henry Guisol Buffington, journalist
Agnès Capri gatusångerskan
René Génin gatsoparen
Marcel Duhamel festprisse förälskad i begravningar
Ky-Duyen den kinesiske hotellvärden
Jeanne Lory tant McPhearson
Sinoël (as Jean Sinoël) fångvaktare
Madeleine Suffel Victory, guvernant
Yves Deniaud civilpolis, medhjälpare
Max Morise James, rumsuppassare
Pierre Prévert tidningsutroparen i tesalongen
Louis Fabien polismannen med ögon som brynt smör
Guy Decomble makrillen
Frédéric O'Brady en civilpolis
Jenny Burnay Madame Pencil, Molyneux kokerska
Annie Cariel Elisabeth Soper, biskopens fru
Franck Maurice en far som tillrättavisar sin son
Robert Mercier civilpolis
Margot Capelier kund i tesalongen
Marcel Marceau
Francis Korb
Foun-Sen
Raymond Pélissier

Companies

Production Company Les Productions Corniglion-Molinier
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB Svea Film 1939
Music Publisher Éditions Enoch et Cie

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 59118
Date 1955-04-02
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 2685 meters
Notes Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.


Censorship number 59118
Date 1939-02-09
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 2710 meters
Notes Visningskopiornas längd: 2655 m - 97 minuter. Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system RCA Photophone System
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2800 meter
Length in minutes 102 min
Reels 5 reels


Original work

Original title His First Offence (Novel)
Author J. Storer Clouston


Production location

1937-05 1937-06
Studios Pathé Cinéma Joinville-le-Pont France

Release dates

First showing 1937-10-20 Colisée Paris France 102 min
Release in Sweden 1939-04-15 Olympia Stockholm Sweden 97 min
1939-04-15 Roxy Stockholm Sweden 97 min
TV showing 1958-11-09 TV Sweden
1970-04-28 TV2 Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 1996-02-23
1997-01-16
2009-10-08
2010-08-18
2010-08-20
2010-10-09
2020-02-19

Soundtrack listing

Original title Complainte
Composer Maurice Jaubert
Lyrics Jacques Prévert
Singer Agnès Capri


Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm


Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2700


Holdings Posters

Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 1


Holdings Scripts

Script type Dialoglista
Language French


Holdings Stills

Black and white print 10
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck



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