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Michel Simon gives one of the most memorable performances in screen history as Boudu, a Parisian tramp who takes a suicidal plunge into the Seine and is rescued by a well-to-do bookseller, Edouard Lestingois. The Lestingois family decides to take in the irrepressible bum, and he shows his gratitude by shaking the household to its foundations. With Boudu Saved from Drowning, legendary director Jean Renoir takes advantage of a host of Parisian locations and the anarchic charms of his lead actor to create an effervescent satire of the bourgeoisie.Read moreLess
Michel Simon gives one of the most memorable performances in screen history as Boudu, a Parisian tramp who takes a suicidal plunge into the Seine and is rescued by a well-to-do bookseller, Edouard Lestingois. The Lestingois family decides to take in the irrepressible bum, and he shows his gratitude by shaking the household to its foundations. With Boudu Saved from Drowning, legendary director Jean Renoir takes advantage of a host of Parisian locations and the anarchic charms of his lead actor to create an effervescent satire of the bourgeoisie.
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Michel Simon gives one of the most memorable performances in screen history as Boudu, a Parisian tramp who takes a suicidal plunge into the Seine and is rescued by a well-to-do bookseller, Edouard Lestingois. The Lestingois family decides to take in the irrepressible bum, and he shows his gratitude by shaking the household to its foundations. With Boudu Saved from Drowning, legendary director Jean Renoir takes advantage of a host of Parisian locations and the anarchic charms of his lead actor to create an effervescent satire of the bourgeoisie.
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Michel SimonPriape Boudu
Marcelle HainiaEmma Lestingois
Sévérine LerczinskaChloë Anne Marie, la Bonne
Jean GehretVigour
Max DalbanGodin
Jean DastéL'Étudiant
Charles GranvalÉdouard Lestingois
Geneviève Cadixla petite fille
Jacques BeckerLe Poète (uncredited)
Georges D'ArnouxUn Invité à la Noce (uncredited)
Régine Lutècela jeune femme au chien perdu
Jane PiersonRose, la Voisine (uncredited)Explore the crew
- Director
- Jean Renoir
- Screenplay
- Jean Renoir
- Screenplay
- Albert Valentin
- Producer
- Michel Simon
- Director of Photography
- Georges Asselin
- Director of Photography
- Marcel Lucien
- Editor
- Suzanne de Troeye
- Editor
- Marguerite Renoir