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Original title: Le Schpountz

Duration: 132 min

Release date: 1938-04-15

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A pompous grocer’s assistant in Marseille annoys a visiting film crew so much that they prank him with a phony acting contract; believing it to be real, the “schpountz” heads to Paris for his new career.

Comedy

Le Schpountz

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as Irénée Fabre, 'le Schpountz'

Fernand Charpin

Fernand Charpin

as Uncle Baptiste Fabre

Léon Belières

as Casimir Fabre

as Aunt Clarisse Fabre

Charles Blavette

Charles Blavette

as Bogidar Glazunoff

as Adolphe, studio doorman

Jacques Brunius

Jacques Brunius

as Props master

Henri Champetier

Henri Champetier

as Head of the stage

as Canteen attendant

as Grocery Customer

as Rita Camelia

Pierre Brasseur

Pierre Brasseur

as Cousine (uncredited)

as Aide (uncredited)

as (uncredited)

as Cousine II (uncredited)

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Willy Faktorovitch

Willy Faktorovitch

Director of Photography

Suzanne de Troeye

Suzanne de Troeye

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