Copie conforme (1947)

Director:

Jean Dréville

Writers:

Jacques Companéez, Nino Frank,

Stars:

Louis Jouvet, Suzy Delair, Annette Poivre

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Louis Jouvet	...	Manuel Ismora - un cambrioleur de grande envergure / Gabriel Dupon - son sosie, un brave homme / Le duc de Niolles / Le déménageur / Le Norvégien
Suzy Delair	...	Coraline - la maîtresse d'Ismora dont séprend Dupon
Annette Poivre	...	Charlotte Bonheur
Jane Marken	...	Mme Boissac, la concierge
Madeleine Suffel	...	Mme Charles
Georges Pally	...	L'inspecteur Laprune
Jean Carmet	...	Le troisième complice
Robert Seller	...	Le juge d'instruction
Henri Charrett	...	M. Charles
Fernand Rauzéna	...	Peroni
George Cusin	...	Pauzat
Gaston Dupray	...	Le patron
Jean Morel	...	Le bijoutier
Léo Lapara	...	André
Philippe Olive	...	Le portier de l'hôtel

Storyline

---

Genres:

Comedy | Crime

---

Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

26 March 1948 (USA)

Also Known As:

Confessions of a Rogue

Company Credits

Production Co:

Les Productions Jacques Roitfeld, Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique (CICC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Between Eleven and Midnight (1949)

User Reviews

Another Louis Jouvet's tour de force.

Some movies do not need a director at all:when Louis Jouvet is the lead,he carries everything on his shoulders.Here he's got two parts: a crook and an honest man ,who is his perfect double.Jouvet is so good,a perfectionist extraordinaire ,that you do believe there are really TWO different actors on the screen,one self-assured,smart and tricky,the other one a born-sucker.Nevertheless,best scenes are to be found at the beginning:Jouvet selling a castle on the historical register to a couple of nouveaux riches:his crook becomes a true noble ,and when he says to these bourgeois he despises "call me excellency as everybody does",his behavior compels respect.

Henri Jeanson's dialogues are as witty as ever :I wish France could ,in 2003,have someone writing as well as he did.Supporting cast includes exuberant Suzy Delair ideally cast as the gangster's moll.Delair and Jouvet were to meet again a couple of years later in Henri-Georges Clouzot's masterpiece "quai des orfèvres".

Jean Dreville is a minor director,whose best works are,outside this movie, "les affaires sont les affaires" and "la ferme du pendu".He even tackled,in the sixties an historical epic "La Fayette".