Deputy Eusèbe (French: Eusèbe député) is a 1939 French comedy film directed by André Berthomieu and starring Michel Simon, Elvire Popesco and Jules Berry. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys.
Synopsis
Eusèbe Bonbonneau, a solicitor's clerk, discovers that a candidate is running for Chamber of Deputies. It becomes clear that a corrupt businessman is pushing a candidate, having usurped his identity, in order to secure backing for a new casino project. The real Eusèbe goes to Paris to investigate and is persuaded by the flamboyant actress Mariska to really stand in the election. He wins and is elected as a deputy where he becomes an unwitting tool of corrupt interests.
Cast
Michel Simon as Eusèbe Bonbonneau
Elvire Popesco as Mariska
Jules Berry as Félix Jacassar
Marguerite Moreno as Émilie Bonbonneau
André Lefaur as Le comte de Marignan
Gaston Dubosc as Le notaire
Marcelle Rexiane as La secrétaire
René Bergeron as Pinson
Albert Broquin as Le régisseur
Hugues de Bagratide as Un invité
Henri de Livry as Le patron du restaurant
Paul Demange as Le concierge
Georges Douking as Firmin
Louis Florencie as Le ministre
Édouard Francomme as Un électeur
Jean Heuzé as Le commissaire
Jean Hébey as Le maître d'hôtel
Gaston Mauger as Gaburon
Marthe Mussine as Yvonne Solange
Jane Pierson as L'habilleuse
Robert Seller as L'acteur
References
Bibliography
Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, Volume 2. Pygmalion, 1986. Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002. Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.