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The Honorable Catherine

1943 · 99 min

A frothy, talky French farce that skips along on charm and scheming, never asking to be taken seriously.

Directed by
Marcel L'Herbier
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Edwige Feuillère, Raymond Rouleau, André Luguet
Overview
Catherine's technique to sell her clocks is to blackmail illegitimate couples such as Jacques and Gisèle. However when Gisèle's husband Pierre walks in on them, Catherine pretends to be Jacques's lover to save the day. Jacques then gets caught up in her schemes when the next couple she deals with turn out to be jewel thieves who kidnap them.

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Directed by
Marcel L'Herbier
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Edwige Feuillère, Raymond Rouleau, André Luguet
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 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
  • deception
  • crime
  • love
  • class
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Marcel L'Herbier
Written by
Jean-Georges Auriol
Starring
Edwige Feuillère, Raymond Rouleau, André Luguet, Charles Granval, Denise Grey, Fred Pasquali, Hubert de Malet, Irène Lud
Cinematography
Pierre Montazel
Runtime
99 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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