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Don't Shout It from the Rooftops

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Don't Shout It from the Rooftops
Directed byJacques Daniel-Norman
Written byAlex Joffé
Jean Manse
Jean Bernard-Luc
Produced byJean Le Duc
Xavier Revenaz
Roger Sallard
StarringFernandel
Robert Le Vigan
Meg Lemonnier
CinematographyLéonce-Henri Burel
Edited byPierre Caillet
Jean Sacha
Music byRoger Dumas
Production
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Distributed byGaumont
Release date
  • 14 July 1943 (1943-07-14)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Don't Shout It from the Rooftops (French: Ne le criez pas sur les toits) is a 1943 French comedy drama film directed by Jacques Daniel-Norman and starring Fernandel, Robert Le Vigan and Meg Lemonnier.[1] [2] It was shot at the Marseille Studios in the Unoccupied Zone of France. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani.

Synopsis

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Vincent Fleuret, assistant to a celebrated scientist, is working on a formula to try and prolong the life of flowers. His boss is close to inventing a new type of synthetic fuel. After his death a number of people mistakenly believe that Vincent holds the secret of the scientist's potentially valuable discovery.

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Bibliography

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  • Moraly, Yehuda. Revolution in Paradise: Veiled Representations of Jewish Characters in the Cinema of Occupied France. Liverpool University Press, 2019.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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