Summary
Lydia is a law student who, although she has many admirers, is
struggling to make ends meet. With no family to help her, she
turns to her friend Alice. The latter proposes a scheme that will
allow Lydia to make some easy money. All she has to do is to pay
a visit to the writer Jacques Ferny and pretend to be the daughter he
has been looking for. With the help of an old letter, Lydia
succeeds in winning Ferny’s confidence, but his wife is suspicious and
starts her own inquiry...
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)
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Credits
- Director: Henri Decoin
- Script: Jean Boyer, Henri Decoin, Pierre Wolff
- Photo: Léonce-Henri Burel
- Music: Georges Van Parys
- Cast: Danielle Darrieux (Lydia), Charles Vanel (Jacques Ferney), Yvette Lebon (Alice), Pierre Mingand (Pierre Montant), Gilbert Gil (Paul), René Bergeron (Dieulafoy), Lucien Dayle (Le logeur), Svetlana Pitoëff (Renée Leclerc), Nicole de Rouves (La prostituée), Gaston Séverin (Me Fortier), Lucien Callamand (Le valet de chambre), Georges Lannes (L’homme du cimetière), Yvonne Yma (La postulante), Pierre Athon, Marcel Orluc (Le mari), Thérèse Dorny (La logeuse), Jean Worms (Le président du tribunal), Valentine Tessier (Hélène Ferney), Léon Arvel (Grünbaum), Clary Monthal (Honorine)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 88 min; B&W
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