Heartbeat (1938 film)

Heartbeat (French:Le schpountz) is a 1938 French comedy film directed by Marcel Pagnol and starring Fernandel, Orane Demazis and Fernand Charpin.^[1] It was remade in 1999 as Le schpountz.

A bored young shop worker is mesmerised when he sees a film crew working nearby. Being naïve he is encouraged by them to believe he is a born actor who can become a brilliant star, and he heads for Paris.

Cast

• Fernandel as Irénée Fabre, 'le Schpountz'
• Orane Demazis as Françoise
• Fernand Charpin as L'oncle Baptiste Fabre (as Charpin)
• Léon Belières as Meyerboom
• Enrico Glori as Bodigar Glazunoff
• Robert Vattier as Astruc
• Marcel Maupi as Le barman
• Louisard as Charlet
• Henri Poupon as Galubert
• Robert Bassac as Dromart
• Charles Blavette as Martelette
• Jean Castan as Casimir Fabre
• André Pollack as L'avoué
• Charblay as Adolphe, le portier du studio
• Tyrand as Le pape
• Jacques B. Brunius as L'accessoiriste
• Henri Champetier as Nick
• Roger Forster as Lucien
• Beretta as Le chef de plateau
• Jean Weber as Le cantinier
• Alida Rouffe as Grocery Customer
• Alice Robert as Rita Camelia
• Odette Roger as La tante Clarisse Fabre
• Pierre Brasseur as Cousine
• Robert Darène as Un aide
• Louis Ducreux
• Geo Forster as Cousine II
• André Roussin as Roussin

References

1. ↑ Lanzoni p.8

Bibliography

• Rémi Fournier Lanzoni. French Comedy on Screen: A Cinematic History. Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

External links

• Heartbeat at the Internet Movie Database