Edward and Caroline

Edward and Caroline (French: Édouard et Caroline) is a 1951 French comedy drama film directed by Jacques Becker and starring Daniel Gélin, Anne Vernon and Elina Labourdette.^[1] It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.^[2] It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier.

Edward and Caroline
Film poster
Directed by	Jacques Becker
Written by	Jacques Becker Annette Wademant
Produced by	Raymond Borderie
Starring	Daniel Gélin Anne Vernon Elina Labourdette
Cinematography	Robert Lefebvre
Edited by	Marguerite Renoir
Music by	Jean-Jacques Grünenwald
Production company	Union Générale Cinématographique
Distributed by	L'Alliance Générale de Distribution Cinématographique
Release date	6 April 1951 (1951-04-06)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Plot

Édouard and Caroline are preparing for a important social gathering at her uncle's apartment during which Édouard will be expected to play the piano and impress the guests. Lacking a waistcoat Édouard goes to borrow one from his wife's cousin. In the meantime, Caroline attempts to re-model her dress to bring it more up-to-date. Her husband is not pleased and the evening consists of rows, fights and threats of divorce. It is the early morning before life returns to normal.

Cast

• Daniel Gélin as Édouard Mortier
• Anne Vernon as Caroline Mortier
• Elina Labourdette as Florence Borch de Martelie
• Jacques François as Alain Beauchamp
• Betty Stockfeld as Lucy Barville
• Jean Galland as Claude Beauchamp
• Jean Marsac as a guest
• William Tubbs as Spencer Borch
• Jean Toulout as Herbert Barville
• Yette Lucas as Mme Leroy, the concierge
• Jean Riveyre as Julien, the Beauchamp butler
• Hélène Duc as the artistic guest
• Micheline Rolla as a guest
• Edmond Ardisson as the hairdresser
• Grégoire Gromoff as Igor