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Director
  
Geza von Radvanyi

Music director
  
Jean-Jacques Grunenwald

Language
  
French

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Genre
  
Comedy, Drama

Duration
  

Country
  
France

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Writer
  
Geza von Radvanyi
,
Rene Barjavel

Release date
  
4 January 1954 (France)

Screenplay
  
Geza von Radvanyi, Rene Barjavel

Cast
  
Michel Simon
(Auguste Bard),
Louis de Funès
(M. Chanteau),
Yves Deniaud
(Antonio),
Geneviève Page
(Donata)

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LEtrange Desir de monsieur Bard English: The Strange Desire of Mr. Bard, is a French drama film from 1954, directed by Geza von Radvanyi, written by Geza von Radvanyi, starring Michel Simon and Louis de Funes.

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A terminally ill Mr. Bard, a casino bus driver forced to quit his job, miraculously wins a fortune playing roulette. Instantly becoming a millionaire, he wants to fulfill his life's dream: to become a father. This plan is opposed by his greedy relatives who would go any low to take this money away from him. They are being led by a small-time crook. Mr. Bard's natural shyness and good heart lead him to the journey of self-exploration and finding his true love.

Plot

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Auguste Bard is a bus driver who lives alone because women dont find him attractive. He suffers with a heart condition and eventually he is told by his doctor that he has only but a short time left to live. He decides to take an early retirement. Then he wins a huge amount of money at a casino and can afford to pay the professional dancer Donata to keep him company.

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Louis de Funes and Michel Simon appear in Strange Desire of Mr Bard and Monsieur Taxi. Louis de Funes and Yves Deniaud appear in Strange Desire of Mr Bard and Mr Leguignon Lampiste. Louis de Funes and Michel Simon appear in Strange Desire of Mr Bard and Limpossible Monsieur Pipelet. Louis de Funes appears in Strange Desire of Mr Bard and Boniface somnambule. Louis de Funes and Michel Simon appear in Strange Desire of Mr Bard and La Poison.

Cast

  • Michel Simon: Auguste Bard
  • Yves Deniaud: Antonio
  • Genevieve Page: Donata
  • Georgette Anys: Julie
  • Louis de Funes: Monsieur Chanteau
  • Paul Demange: the nervous doctor
  • Paul Frankeur: the priest
  • Genevieve Page: Donata Francescati, the dancer
  • Henri Cremieux: Ernest, the grocer
  • Henri Arius: the commissioner
  • Lucien Callamand: the notary
  • Emma Lyonel: the directrices
  • Colette Ricard: Beatrice, the daughter of Julie and Ernest
  • Jacques Erwin: the bailiff at the casino
  • Francois Carron: the doctor at the maternity ward
  • Maurice Benard: the casino manager
  • Yvonne Claudie: Caroline
  • Felix Clement or Jean Clement: the first doctor
  • Michel Gerbier: the little boy
  • Claude Ermelli
  • Colette Ravel
  • Jacques Robin

    • References

    LEtrange Desir de monsieur Bard Wikipedia
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    LEtrange Desir de monsieur Bard IMDb LEtrange Desir de monsieur Bard themoviedb.org