Le gendre de monsieur Poirier

Le gendre de monsieur Poirier

102 mins | Comedy | Jan. 1, 1933

This is the story of a wealthy bourgeois who marries his only child, a daughter, to a penniless nobleman because he hopes to use his son-in-law to get a title. The son-in-law is a lazy, affected stereotype; but M. Poirier is also a stereotype, of the obnoxious big businessman. The poor daughter, who falls in love with her husband, lets him walk all over her.

Le gendre de monsieur Poirier

102 mins | Comedy | Jan. 1, 1933

Le gendre de monsieur Poirier
This is the story of a wealthy bourgeois who marries his only child, a daughter, to a penniless nobleman because he hopes to use his son-in-law to get a title. The son-in-law is a lazy, affected stereotype; but M. Poirier is also a stereotype, of the obnoxious big businessman. The poor daughter, who falls in love with her husband, lets him walk all over her.
Producers Les Auteurs Associés
Original title Le gendre de monsieur Poirier
Directors Marcel Pagnol
Writers Émile Augier, Jules Sandeau, Marcel Pagnol

Cast

Léon Bernard

as Monsieur Poirier

Annie Ducaux

as Antoinette

Jean Debucourt

as Gaston de Presles

Maurice Escande

as Hector de Montmeyran

Fernand Charpin

as Verdelet

Raoul Marco

as le premier créancier

Albert Gercourt

as le deuxième créancier