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Le Roi des galéjeurs

1940 · 90 min

A breezy, old-fashioned French comedy of mistaken identity and romantic scheming, light on its feet and easy to enjoy.

Directed by
Fernand Rivers
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Henri Alibert, Raymond Aimos, Claude May
Overview
Because the shiner Titin has fallen in love with a singer, he braves the latter's protector, the baron, and passes himself off as an insurer in connection with a pearl necklace that is circulating. Bitters get involved, Titin kidnaps the beauty and leaves the pearls to the baron.

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Directed by
Fernand Rivers
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Henri Alibert, Raymond Aimos, Claude May
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • deception
  • class
  • crime
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Fernand Rivers
Written by
Henri Alibert, Raymond Vincy
Starring
Henri Alibert, Raymond Aimos, Claude May, René Sarvil, Marcel Vallée, Sinoël, Rivers Cadet, Henri Arius
Cinematography
Joseph-Louis Mundwiller
Runtime
90 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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