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Au bonheur des dames

Au bonheur des dames

1930Movie⏱️ 1h 25m
DramaRomance
7.2
IMDB Rating
721 votes

Denise, an orphaned girl, moves to Paris where she hopes to find work at her uncle's store. But the glamorous department store 'Aux Bonheur des Dames' across the street crunches all the little businesses around. She finds a positi...

Director
Julien Duvivier
Writers
Noël Renard, Émile Zola
Stars
Dita Parlo, Ginette Maddie, Andrée Brabant
Release Date
July 3, 1930
Language
None, French
Country
France
💬 13
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Dita Parlo
Dita Parlo
as Denise Baudu
Ginette Maddie
Ginette Maddie
as Clara
Andrée Brabant
Andrée Brabant
as Pauline
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Mireille Barsac
as Madame Aurélie
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Nadia Sibirskaïa
as Geneviève Baudu
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Germaine Rouer
as Madame Desforges
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Simone Bourday
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Cognet
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Colette Dubois
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Récopé

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Plage, L'Isle-Adam, Val-d'Oise, France
Production
Le Film d'Art

🏷️ Keywords

department storeprogressmodelbased on novelrampage

🎯 Categories

DramaRomance

⭐ Featured Review

Excellent
by zetes2012-08-05
8/10

"The final silent film from Duvivier (of Pepe le Moko fame) is an adaptation of an Emile Zola novel starring Dita Parlo (of L'Atalante and The Grand Illusion fame). I didn't even know Parlo made any other films! She's wonderful. She plays an orphan girl who shows up to Paris to live with and work for her uncle. Unfortunately, she finds him and his tailor shop destitute, failing under the encroaching department store across the street, Au bonheur des dames (translated as "Ladies' Paradise"). She's only too happy to get a job at the fabulous store, where she att..."

💡 Did You Know?

Marthe Barbara-Val's debut.

📖 Synopsis

Denise, an orphaned girl, moves to Paris where she hopes to find work at her uncle's store. But the glamorous department store 'Aux Bonheur des Dames' across the street crunches all the little businesses around. She finds a positi...