Napoleon Road

Napoleon Road (French: La route Napoléon) is a 1953 French comedy film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Pierre Fresnay, Henri Vilbert and Claude Laydu. It was partly shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Serge Piménoff.

Synopsis

A chancer organises a series of package tours along a route said to have been taken by Napoleon in 1815 when in fact the Emperor never set foot there. The local inhabitants back up his story as they hope to cash in on the tourist boom.

Cast

Pierre Fresnay as Édouard Martel

Henri Vilbert as Blaise

Claude Laydu as Pierre Marchand

René Génin as Le curé

Mireille Ozy as Stella

Raphaël Patorni as Bonvent

Fernand Sardou as Le maire de Bourg-sur-Bléone

Henri Arius as Le boucher

Fransined as Le pharmacien

Nicolas Amato as Figuières

Maurice Bénard as Le ministre

Pierrette Caillol as La femme dudocteur

Lucien Callamand as Sabatier- le garde-champêtre

Serge Davin as Cabanis - le coiffeur

Germaine de France as Madame Martel

Jean Landier as Emery

Julien Maffre as Un habitant

Denise Precheur as Une employée

Annie Roudier as Delphine

Hélène Tossy as La postière

Edmond Verva as Le père du jeune Victor

Claude Laydu as Pierre Marchand

Jean Panisse as Raphaël

Marie Albe as Clarisse - la journaliste

References

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1953 films

1953 comedy films

1950s French-language films

Films directed by Jean Delannoy

Films with screenplays by Roland Laudenbach

French comedy films

French black-and-white films

Pathé films

Films shot at Billancourt Studios

Films set in Paris

1950s French films