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Sénéchal the Magnificent
1957 6.5 (10 votes)
Genres
Comedy
Production Companies
Chronos Films
France Cinéma Productions
Rizzoli Film

Sénéchal the Magnificent (Sénéchal le magnifique)

Overview

Sénéchal, an actor touring the provinces with the "Tournées Carlini" does not meet the success he thinks he deserves. One night in Dreux, he finds himself without his luggage and dressed up as a Foreign Legion officer, he is invited to a party thrown by a colonel. He creates a sensation there and does not leave the colonel's wife ... indifferent! Back in Paris, Sénéchal goes through a similar experience. This time around, wearing tuxedo and top hat, he gets mistaken for a diplomat and charms the guests of a wedding party. Arrested by the police, he chooses to do without an attorney at his trial and his brilliant eloquence has him acquitted. A question remains unanswered though : will all those people who give an ovation in real life ever go to see him on stage ?

Key Crew

Director: Jean Boyer

Screenplay: Jean-Jacques Rouff

Producer: Jean Boyer

Director of Photography: Charles Suin

Top Cast

Fernandel
Fernandel

François, Lucien Sénéchal

Nadia Gray
Nadia Gray

La princesse Marida Ludibescu

Madeleine Barbulée
Madeleine Barbulée

Mme Roberte

Simone Paris
Simone Paris

L'actrice qui joue Mme Serval

Robert Pizani
Robert Pizani

Le prince Alexandre

Suzanne Dehelly
Suzanne Dehelly

La malade

Roland Armontel
Roland Armontel

Carlini

Paul Azaïs
Paul Azaïs

Le garagiste - mécanicien du car

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