Boudu Saved from Drowning
1932 · 84 min · Comedy
Michel Simon gives one of the most memorable performances in screen history as Boudu, a Parisian tramp who takes a suicidal plunge into the Seine and is rescued by a well-to-do bookseller, Edouard Lestingois. The Lestingois family decides to take in the irrepressible bum, and he shows his gratitude by shaking the household to its foundations. With Boudu Saved from Drowning, legendary director Jean Renoir takes advantage of a host of Parisian locations and the anarchic charms of his lead actor to create an effervescent satire of the bourgeoisie.
- Director
- Jean Renoir
- Writers
- Albert Valentin, Jean Renoir
- Released
- November 11, 1932
- Language
- French
Cast
Michel Simon
Priape Boudu
Marcelle Hainia
Emma Lestingois
Sévérine Lerczinska
Chloë Anne Marie, la Bonne
Charles Granval
Édouard Lestingois
Jean Gehret
Vigour
Max Dalban
Godin
Jean Dasté
L'Étudiant
Geneviève Cadix
la petite fille
Jacques Becker
Le Poète (uncredited)
Georges D'Arnoux
Un Invité à la Noce (uncredited)
Régine Lutèce
la jeune femme au chien perdu
Jane Pierson
Rose, la Voisine (uncredited)
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