Je l'ai été trois fois (1952)
Directed by Sacha Guitry

Drama
aka: I Did It Three Times

Film Synopsis

Jean Renneval is a seductive 50 year old actor who, whilst on a theatrical tour in Monte Carlo, is attracted to the pretty wife of a jeweller.  Fortunately for Jean, he is able to see the woman again between the second and third acts of his play because, at that moment, her husband has to take a train to Paris.  The husband is wary of leaving his wife alone and so, before catching his train, he invites Henriette, a friend of hers, to dinner.  So far, the man has been a victim of adultery twice.  He forgave his first wife for cheating on him because she fell for a Belgian man who looked exactly like him.  He then forgave his second wife when she was unfaithful to him, because her illicit lover was sultan who, like him, was enamoured of precious jewellery.  This time, however, he is not in a forgiving mood.  Later that evening, when her husband and Henriette are away, the jeweller's wife leaves to meet Renneval at the theatre, not realising that her husband has missed his train...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Sacha Guitry
  • Script: Sacha Guitry
  • Cinematographer: Jean Bachelet
  • Music: Louiguy
  • Cast: Sacha Guitry (Jean Renneval), Bernard Blier (Henri Verdier), Lana Marconi (Thérèse Verdier), Simone Paris (Lucie Verdier), Solange Varennes (Juliette Verdier), Pauline Carton (Mme. Dutiquesnois), Raymond Lamy (Himself - an editor), Robert LeRoy (Himself - a producer), Jacques Anquetil (Le liftier), Henri Arius (Le docteur Marinier), Lucien Callamand (Un monsieur), Janine Camp (Une jeune fille), Jean Chevrier (Man in front of the hotel), Christine Darbel (L'actrice), Louis de Funès (L'interprète du sultan), Jacques Eyser (Le sultan Hammanlif), Meg Lemonnier (Henriette Le Havray), Sophie Mallet (Zoé, la bonne), Primerose Perret (Une jeune fille), Roger Poirier (The manager)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 90 min
  • Aka: I Did It Three Times

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