Chéri-Bibi (1938 film)

Chéri-Bibi is a 1938 French drama film directed by Léon Mathot and starring Pierre Fresnay, Jean-Pierre Aumont and Marcel Dalio.^[1][2] It was based on the Chéri-Bibi series of novels by Gaston Leroux. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. The character had previously appeared in the 1931 American film The Phantom of Paris and would return in a 1955 French film Chéri-Bibi and a 1974 television series of the same title.

Chéri-Bibi
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Directed by	Léon Mathot
Written by	Jacques Constant
Based on	Chéri-Bibi by Gaston Leroux
Produced by	Charles Bauche
Starring	Pierre Fresnay Jean-Pierre Aumont Marcel Dalio
Cinematography	René Gaveau André Thomas
Edited by	Marguerite Beaugé
Music by	Paul Misraki
Production company	Productions Charles Bauche
Distributed by	Compagnie Française Cinématographique
Release date	2 March 1938 (1938-03-02)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Synopsis

Chéri-Bibi is sentenced to serve time in penal colony in South America, but plots a mutiny and an escape with his fellow prisoners.

Cast

• Pierre Fresnay as Francis dit Chéri-Bibi
• Jean-Pierre Aumont as Raoul Palas
• Marcel Dalio as Le donneur
• Suzet Maïs as Ginette
• Thomy Bourdelle as Fric-Frac
• Lucien Dalsace as Le vieux Georges
• René Navarre as Monsieur Charles
• Georges Péclet as Duroc
• Colette Darfeuil as Viviane
• Raymond Aimos as La Ficelle
• Georges Fels as Théo
• Maurice Humbert as Le sourd-muet
• Victor Vina as Coranti
• Liliane Lesaffre as Mademoiselle Roger
• Robert Ozanne as Le Lorrain
• Jean Marconi as Freddy
• Adolf E. Licho as Boris
• Max Doria as Émile
• Alex Potino as Blanchette
• Gérard Landry as Gérard