The Impossible Mr. Pipelet (1955)
"L'impossible Monsieur Pipelet" (original title)

Director:

André Hunebelle

Writers:

Jacques Gut (adaptation), Jean Halain (screenplay)

Stars:

Michel Simon, Etchika Choureau, Mischa Auer

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michel Simon	...	Maurice Martin
Etchika Choureau	...	Jacqueline Martin
Mischa Auer	...	L'écrivain
Maurice Baquet	...	Jojo
Jean Brochard	...	M. Richet
Jean-Jacques Delbo	...	M. Francis
Jacques Dynam	...	M. Durand, un futur père
Louis de Funès	...	Oncle Robert
Noël Roquevert	...	Le colonel
Louis Velle	...	Georges Richet
Georgette Anys	...	Tante Mathilde
Simone Bach	...	Une camarade de Jacqueline
Christiane Choiseul
Jacqueline Gut	...	Mme Smith
Benoîte Labb	...	La patronne du bistrot (as Benoîte Lab)

Storyline

---

Genres:

Comedy | Drama

---

Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

26 July 1955 (France)

Also Known As:

Ma fille et ses amours

Filming Locations:

Basilique du Sacré-Coeur, Montmartre, Paris 18, Paris, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

P.A.C., Pathé Consortium Cinéma

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Maurice Martin: He gets on my nerves with his "My good man" and "My good Germaine". What gives him the right to speak to me like that? After all he's nothing but a grocer made rich by canned food! What "My good man" means is "My good BROKE man, if you live it's thanks to me, thanks to the money I made in canned food. Be kind, my good Maurice, here's your doggie sugar"...

---

Soundtracks

"Poussez, poussez l'escarpolette"
from the operetta "Véronique" (1888)
Lyrics by Albert Vanloo and Georges Duval
Music by André Messager
Sung by Gaby Morlay

User Reviews

Saturday matinee B-Movie in a little town in France in 1955

Two aging stars of the French Cinema (Morlay and the great Simon) are the only two reasons to have a nostalgic look at this little film. The two are doin' very fine, while the rest of the cast is over acting. Michel Simon plays a simple old man with a lot of love for his only daughter (Choureau). She falls in love with a doctor's son and he don't understand why. The story is too simple, too conservative, without a spark of imagination. This is the kind of movie that was very popular in small towns of France during the 1950's. It was always the first part of a double feature.