It Happened in Aden

It Happened in Aden (French: C'est arrivé à Aden...) is a 1956 French historical comedy film directed by Michel Boisrond and starring André Luguet, Jacques Dacqmine and Dany Robin.^[1] It is based on the 1940 novel The Environs of Aden by Pierre Benoît.

It Happened in Aden
Directed by	Michel Boisrond
Written by	Jean Aurel Michel Boisrond Constance Colline Jacques Emmanuel
Based on	The Environs of Aden by Pierre Benoît
Produced by	Simon Barstoff
Starring	André Luguet Jacques Dacqmine Dany Robin
Cinematography	Marcel Grignon
Edited by	Claudine Bouché
Music by	Georges Van Parys
Production company	S.B. Films
Distributed by	Cocinor
Release date	22 August 1956 (1956-08-22)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert.

Synopsis

In the late nineteenth century, a French theatrical troupe become stranded in the British colony of Aden where the officers of the garrison woo the leading stars. One of them, Albine, attracts the interest of a local Prince there to sign a treaty with the British, leading to his kidnapping her.

Cast

• André Luguet as Sir Richard Wilkinson – le gouverneur d'Aden
• Jacques Dacqmine as Le major Burton
• Dany Robin as Albine
• Robert Manuel as Zafarana
• Elina Labourdette as Simone
• Edmond Ardisson as Le patron
• Jean Bretonnière as Prince de Khamarkar
• Geneviève Brunet as Margaret
• Georges Chamarat as Le capitaine du navire
• Maurice Dorléac
• Jacques Duby as Gremilly
• Michel Etcheverry as Le pasteur Sanderman
• Jacques Ferrière as Joyce
• Madeleine Ganne
• Clément Harari as Abdullah
• Charles Lemontier
• Michael Lonsdale as Sinclair
• Odile Mallet as Elizabeth
• Jacques Morlaine
• Dominique Page as Lucette
• Laure Paillette
• Robert Pizani as Hubert Robert
• Claude Rich as Price
• Roger Saget as Clairville
• Bachir Touré as Ali
• André Versini as Lusignan