Directed by:
Jean RenoirScreenplay:
Jean RenoirCinematography:
Georges AsselinCast:
Michel Simon, Marcelle Hainia, Sévérine Lerczinska, Jean Gehret, Georges D'Arnoux, Jacques Becker, Jean Dasté, Geneviève Cadix, Régine Lutèce, Jane Pierson (more)Plots(1)
Michel Simon gives one of the most memorable performances in screen history as Boudu, a Parisian tramp who takes a suicidal plunge into the Seine and is rescued by a well-to-do bookseller, Edouard Lestingois (Charles Granval). The Lestingois family decides to take in the irrepressible bum, and he shows his gratitude by shaking the household to its foundations. With Boudu Saved from Drowning, legendary director Jean Renoir takes advantage of a host of Parisian locations and the anarchic charms of his lead actor to create an effervescent satire of the bourgeoisie. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Michel Simon
Switzerland
Best movies:
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)
The Two of Us (1967)
Marcelle Hainia
France
Best movies:
Rififi (1955)
Antoine et Antoinette (1947)
Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
Sévérine Lerczinska
Best movies:
Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
La Marseillaise (1938)
Jean Gehret
Switzerland
Best movies:
Isn't Life a Bitch? (1931)
Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
Night at the Crossroads (1932)
Georges D'Arnoux
Best movies:
Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
Jacques Becker
France
Best movies:
Grand Illusion (1937)
Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (1957)
Jean Dasté
France
Best movies:
The Wild Child (1970)
Z (1969)
Grand Illusion (1937)
Geneviève Cadix
Best movies:
Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
Régine Lutèce
Best movies:
Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
Jane Pierson
Best movies:
Man About Town (1947)
Under the Roofs of Paris (1930)
Beauties of the Night (1952)
Max Dalban
France
Best movies:
Judgment of the God (1952)
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet (1955)
Panic (1946)
Charles Granval
France
Best movies:
Behold the Man (1935)
La Bandera (1935)
Pépé le Moko (1937)