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The Prize is a 1950 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Bourvil, Jacqueline Pagnol and Mireille Perrey. It is based on the 1887 novel Le Rosier de Madame Husson. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris and on location in Normandy including around Eure. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani. It was a sizeable box office hit, being the seventh most popular film of the year in France.
Original Release
09/29/1950
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Bourvil | Isidore Pastouret |
| Jacqueline Pagnol | Élodie - la bergère / Young Girl / Élodie |
| Mireille Perrey | La comtesse de Blonville / Countess de Blonville |
| Pauline Carton | Virginie Pastouret - l'épicière / Virginie Pastouret, la mère |
| Henri Vilbert | Le brigadier / Brigadier of the Gendarmerie |
| Jeanne Véniat | Madame Pitard / Mme Pitard |
| Albert Duvaleix | Le curé / Priest / le curé de Gisors |
| Germaine Reuver | Nicoline - la fermière / Nicoline, la mère de Marie |
| Jean Dunot | Polyte - le fermier / Polyte, le fermier |
| Nina Myral | Madame de Gondreville / Mme de Gondreville |
Directors
Writers
Marcel Pagnol, Guy de Maupassant
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Bourvil | Isidore Pastouret |
| Jacqueline Pagnol | Élodie - la bergère / Young Girl / Élodie |
| Mireille Perrey | La comtesse de Blonville / Countess de Blonville |
| Pauline Carton | Virginie Pastouret - l'épicière / Virginie Pastouret, la mère |
| Henri Vilbert | Le brigadier / Brigadier of the Gendarmerie |
| Jeanne Véniat | Madame Pitard / Mme Pitard |
| Albert Duvaleix | Le curé / Priest / le curé de Gisors |
| Germaine Reuver | Nicoline - la fermière / Nicoline, la mère de Marie |
| Jean Dunot | Polyte - le fermier / Polyte, le fermier |
| Nina Myral | Madame de Gondreville / Mme de Gondreville |
| Christian Lude | Le docteur Barbesol / M. Barbesol, le docteur |
| Yvette Etiévant | Marie / Marie, la jeune paysanne |
| Georges Baconnet | Fulgence Laboureur - le maire / M. Laboureur, le maire |
| Suzanne Dehelly | Mdaemoiselle Irène Cadenat / Mademoiselle Irène Cadenat |
| Germaine Dermoz | Madame Husson / Mme Husson |
| Fernand Blot | Un conseiller communal |
| André Dalibert | Célestin - un conseiller communal |
| Marcelle Féry | Une cliente de l'épicerie Pastouret |
| Marcel Loche | Un conseiller communal |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Georges Agiman | Producer |
| Jean Darvey | Producer |
| Jean Martinetti | Producer |
