Shop Girls of Paris
| Shop Girls of Paris | |
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| Directed by | André Cayatte |
| Screenplay by | André Cayatte André Legrand Michel Duran |
| Produced by | Continental Films Panitalia |
| Starring | Michel Simon Albert Préjean Blanchette Brunoy |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | France |
Shop Girls of Paris (original title Au Bonheur des Dames, "The Ladies' Delight") is a 1943 French film directed by André Cayatte and starring Gérard Philipe. It is an adaptation of the novel Au Bonheur des Dames by Émile Zola.
It was the second film adaptation of Zola's Au Bonheur des Dames, after Au Bonheur des Dames in 1930.
Plot
M. Baudu, an irascible old man, runs a small fabric shop in 1860s Paris. A large department store, the first of its kind, opens nearby, putting Baudu's business in peril. Things get even more complicated for him when his niece and two nephews, all recently orphaned, leave their small village to go live with him.
Denise, his young niece, is hired as a saleswoman at the department store, to Baudu's displeasure. She does well at her job, and begins receiving both professional and romantic interest from the store's owner, the wealthy and charming Octave Mouret.
Cast
- Michel Simon: M. Baudu
- Albert Préjean: Octave Mouret
- Blanchette Brunoy: Denise Baudu
- Suzy Prim: Henriette Desforges
Crew
- Director: André Cayatte
- Screenplay: André Cayatte, Michel Duran and André Legrand
- Assistant director: Jean Devaivre
- Cinematography: Armand Thirard
- Set design: André Andrejew
- Editing: Gérard Bensdorp
- Costumes: Rosine Delamare
- Production: Continental Films
- Head of production: Louis Sédrat