President Haudecoeur

President Haudecoeur (French: Le président Haudecoeur) is a 1940 French comedy film directed by Jean Dréville and starring Harry Baur, Betty Stockfeld and Marguerite Deval.^[1][2] It was shot at the Marseille Studios of Marcel Pagnol in Southern France. The film's sets were designed by the art director Roland Quignon.

President Haudecoeur
Directed by	Jean Dréville
Written by	Roger Ferdinand (play and screenplay)
Starring	Harry Baur Betty Stockfeld Marguerite Deval
Cinematography	René Gaveau
Edited by	Raymond Leboursier
Music by	Henri Forterre
Production company	E.D.I.C.
Distributed by	Films Marcel Pagnol
Release date	11 April 1940 (1940-04-11)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

It is an adaptation of the play by Roger Ferdinand.^[3]

Synopsis

A magistrate in Aix-en-Provence rules his family tyrannically and forbids his son to marry the girl he loves as he wants him to marry a wealthy heiress. However, his ordered life is thrown upside down when he encounters a charming Canadian lady.

Cast

• Harry Baur as President Haudecoeur^[4]
• Betty Stockfeld as Mrs. Betty Brown
• Marguerite Deval as Mme Bergas-Larue
• Robert Pizani as Abbot Margot
• Cecil Grane as Pierre Haudecoeur
• Georges Chamarat as Cousin Alexis
• Jean Témerson as Capet
• André Numès Fils as Brouillon
• Marcel Maupi as the gardener
• Sonia Gobar as Antoinette
• Jeanne Provost as Angéline Haudecoeur

Legacy

The film was screened in 2012 at the Cinémathèque française,^[3] where the film had been restored.^[5]