Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
1932 · 1h 24m · Comedy
Genres: Comedy
Michel Simon gives one of the most memorable performances in screen history as Boudu, a Parisian tramp who takes a suicidal plunge into the Seine and is rescued by a well-to-do bookseller, Edouard Lestingois.
Director: Jean Renoir
Writers: Jean Renoir, Albert Valentin
Cinematography: Georges Asselin, Marcel Lucien
Editor: Suzanne de Troeye, Marguerite Renoir
Rated 6.9/10 by 156 viewers
Cast
Michel Simon as Priape BouduMarcelle Hainia as Emma LestingoisSévérine Lerczinska as Chloë Anne Marie, la BonneJean Gehret as VigourMax Dalban as GodinJean Dasté as L'ÉtudiantCharles Granval as Édouard LestingoisGeneviève Cadix as la petite filleJacques Becker as Le Poète (uncredited)Georges D'Arnoux as Un Invité à la Noce (uncredited)Régine Lutèce as la jeune femme au chien perduJane Pierson as Rose, la Voisine (uncredited)More like this
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