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Mathias Pascal, saddled with a stupid wife and a nagging mother-in-law, leaves home and is extremely lucky at several gambling resorts. He returns home and discovers that a drowned man, fished out of the river, bears an uncanny likeness to him and is being buried by his family as him. This, to him, is a pleasant turn of events and he goes to Rome, where he falls in love with Louise Paleari. Count Papiano, a jealous suitor of Louise's, threatens him with arrest unless he produces credentials to prove his identity.Read moreLess
Mathias Pascal, saddled with a stupid wife and a nagging mother-in-law, leaves home and is extremely lucky at several gambling resorts. He returns home and discovers that a drowned man, fished out of the river, bears an uncanny likeness to him and is being buried by his family as him. This, to him, is a pleasant turn of events and he goes to Rome, where he falls in love with Louise Paleari. Count Papiano, a jealous suitor of Louise's, threatens him with arrest unless he produces credentials to prove his identity.
The story
Mathias Pascal, saddled with a stupid wife and a nagging mother-in-law, leaves home and is extremely lucky at several gambling resorts. He returns home and discovers that a drowned man, fished out of the river, bears an uncanny likeness to him and is being buried by his family as him. This, to him, is a pleasant turn of events and he goes to Rome, where he falls in love with Louise Paleari. Count Papiano, a jealous suitor of Louise's, threatens him with arrest unless he produces credentials to prove his identity.
Cast & crew
Pierre BlancharMathias Pascal / Adrien Meis
Isa MirandaLouise Paleari
Robert Le ViganLe comte Papiano
Ginette LeclercRomilda Pescatore
Catherine FonteneyDelphine Pescatore
Charlotte Barbier-KraussAngelica Fede Pascal
Margo LionMlle Caporale
SinoëlHenri Paleari
Pierre PalauLe chevalier Titus
Pierre AlcoverMalagna, l'ancien prétendant et notaire de Madame Pascal
Léonce Cornel'hôtelier du LuxorExplore the crew
- Director
- Pierre Chenal
- Screenplay
- Roger Vitrac
- Screenplay
- Christian Stengel
- Screenplay
- Pierre Chenal
- Screenplay
- Armand Salacrou