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The Little Zouave

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The Little Zouave
Directed byGilles Grangier
Written byPierre Laroche
Albert Valentin
Produced byClaude Dolbert
StarringFrançois Périer
Dany Robin
Marie Daëms
CinematographyMarcel Grignon
Edited byPierre Delannoy
Music byVincent Scotto
Production
company
Codo Cinéma
Distributed byUnion Française de Production Cinématographique
Release date
  • 16 March 1950 (1950-03-16)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The Little Zouave (French: Au p'tit zouave) is a 1950 French comedy drama film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring François Périer, Dany Robin and Marie Daëms.[1][2] It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location in the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Raymond Druart.

Synopsis

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The plot revolves around a café The Little Zouave in a working-class district of Paris, frequented by a variety of characters including its owner who acts as a fence for stolen items. When a new customer arrives and evasively describes himself as a journalist they suspect he make in fact be an undercover policeman.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Rège p.462
  2. ^ "Au P'tit Zouave de Gilles Grangier (1950) - Unifrance".

Bibliography

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  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950. Pygmalion, 1986
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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