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Boudu, Saved from Drowning

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

French film director
Jean Renoir introduces Renoir, a short season of his films, which continues with this comedy, starring
Michel Simon
Monsieur Lestingois is the owner of a bookshop, with a snobbish wife and an accommodating maid. One day he becomes a hero when he drags a drowning tramp out of the Seine.
Boudu, not best pleased to be saved, turns Monsieur Lestingois' quiet life upside down. In French with English subtitles.
(1932) B/W The conclusion of the two-part Omnibus on Jean Renoir can be seen on Tuesday on BBC 1 * FILM REVIEWS pages 47-56

Contributors

Introduces:
Jean Renoir
Unknown:
Michel Simon
Unknown:
Monsieur Lestingois
Unknown:
Jean Renoir
Boudu:
Michel Simon
Monsieur Lestingois:
Charles Grandval
Madame Lestingois:
Marcella Hainia
Anne-Mane:
Severine Lerczynska
Godin:
Max Dalban
Vigour:
Jean Gehret
Source: Radio Times

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