Heartbeat (1938 film)

Heartbeat
Directed by	Marcel Pagnol
Produced by	Marcel Pagnol
Written by	Marcel Pagnol
Starring	Fernandel Orane Demazis Fernand Charpin
Music by	Casimir Oberfeld
Cinematography	Willy Faktorovitch
Edited by	Suzanne Cabon Suzanne de Troeye
Production company	Les Films Marcel Pagnol
Release dates	15 April 1938
Running time	160 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Heartbeat (French:Le schpountz) is a 1938 French comedy film directed by Marcel Pagnol and starring Fernandel, Orane Demazis and Fernand Charpin.^[1] It was remade in 1999 as Le schpountz.

A bored young shop worker is mesmerised when he sees a film crew working nearby. Being naïve he is encouraged by them to believe he is a born actor who can become a brilliant star, and he heads for Paris.

Cast

• Fernandel as Irénée Fabre, 'le Schpountz'
• Orane Demazis as Françoise
• Fernand Charpin as L'oncle Baptiste Fabre (as Charpin)
• Léon Belières as Meyerboom
• Enrico Glori as Bodigar Glazunoff
• Robert Vattier as Astruc
• Marcel Maupi as Le barman
• Louisard as Charlet
• Henri Poupon as Galubert
• Robert Bassac as Dromart
• Charles Blavette as Martelette
• Jean Castan as Casimir Fabre
• André Pollack as L'avoué
• Charblay as Adolphe, le portier du studio
• Tyrand as Le pape
• Jacques B. Brunius as L'accessoiriste
• Henri Champetier as Nick
• Roger Forster as Lucien
• Beretta as Le chef de plateau
• Jean Weber as Le cantinier
• Alida Rouffe as Grocery Customer
• Alice Robert as Rita Camelia
• Odette Roger as La tante Clarisse Fabre
• Pierre Brasseur as Cousine
• Robert Darène as Un aide
• Louis Ducreux
• Geo Forster as Cousine II
• André Roussin as Roussin

References

1. Lanzoni p.8

Bibliography

• Rémi Fournier Lanzoni. French Comedy on Screen: A Cinematic History. Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

External links

• Heartbeat at the Internet Movie Database