The Chain Breaker

The Chain Breaker

117 mins | Comedy | Dec. 23, 1941

Antoine Mouret, an authoritarian restaurateur, is the head of a large family where, for reasons of interest, people only marry cousins. But some have other plans, Marcus especially when he meets a passing circus girl.

The Chain Breaker

117 mins | Comedy | Dec. 23, 1941

The Chain Breaker
Antoine Mouret, an authoritarian restaurateur, is the head of a large family where, for reasons of interest, people only marry cousins. But some have other plans, Marcus especially when he meets a passing circus girl.
Producers
Original title Le Briseur de chaînes
Directors Jacques Daniel-Norman
Writers

Cast

Pierre Fresnay

as Marcus

Marcelle Géniat

as Mamouret

Blanchette Brunoy

as Marie-Jo

Ginette Leclerc

as Graziella

André Brunot

as Antoine Mouret

Raoul Marco

as Alphonse

Alfred Adam

as Guillaume

Gilberte Géniat

as Estelle

Ginette Baudin

as Gisèle

Marthe Mellot

as Héloïse

René Blancard

as Ferdinand

Jeanne Véniat

as Armandine

Jean-Henri Chambois

as Léonard

Paul Delauzac

as Monsignor Mouret, the bishop

René Forval

as The priest

Julien Maffre

as Titin

Louis Seigner

as The Minister

Charles Dullin

as Esprit Mouret

Georges Rollin

as Laurent

Ellen Briand

as Victorine

Colette Régis

as Madame Ferdinand

Paula Valmond

as Madame Alphonse

Andrée Sylvane

as Madame Jules

Suzy Yorelle

as The client

Vandéric

as The prefect

Jacques Derives

as The doctor

Marcel d'Orval

as Jules

Maurice Salabert

as Edouard

Lucien Dorval

as Girard

Raymond Bussières

as The peddler

Marcel Pérès

as Billembois

Paul Courant

as Sonnailles

J.A. Bonnaud

as Léonard

Robert Dartois

as Liégeois

Jean-Jacques

as The little boy

Maryvonne

as The little girl

Paul Barge

as (uncredited)

Henri Bargin

as (uncredited)

Albert Broquin

as A musician (uncredited)

Paul Demange

as The photographer (uncredited)

René Lefèvre-Bel

as A villager (uncredited)