Faut réparer Sophie (1933) Directed by Alexandre Ryder
Comedy
Film Synopsis
Sophie lives in a large apartment building in which her father is employed
as the concierge. The latter is a stiff, upright man who will tolerate
no nonsense from the building's tenants, and even less from his daughter.
When, one day, he sees Sophie being tenderly embraced by a man he does not
recognise the concierge's umbrage goes into overload. In fact the over-attentive
father has managed to get the wrong end of the stick and doesn't realise
that the object of his loathing, a viscount, has come to pay a call on his
fiancée on the fifth floor. The concierge is implacable and
demands that his daughter's honour be satisfied with a suitable reparation.
Sophie's devoted fiancé sees the matter very differently...
Cast: Tramel (Baptistin Lanapoule),
Paule Andral (La duchesse de Beaudéduit),
Palau (Schermack),
Odette Talazac (Madame Lanapoule),
Jane Larzac (Sophie),
Lyanne Doridge (Sulpicienne),
Michaelle Lafontan (La petite Trinité),
Pierre Darteuil (Lebidou),
Marcel Vidal (Le vicomte),
Raymond Guérin-Catelain (Zacharie),
Sinoël (L'académicien),
Henri Jullien (Balutmar),
Jean Diéner (Augustin)
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Black and White
Runtime: 100 min
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