L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard

L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard
Directed by	Géza von Radványi
Written by	Géza von Radványi René Barjavel
Produced by	Union générale cinématographique (France)
Starring	Michel Simon Louis de Funès
Cinematography	Léonce-Henri Burel
Edited by	René Le Hénaff
Music by	Jean-Jacques Grunenwald
Distributed by	A.G.D.C.
Release date	4 January 1954 (1954-01-04) (France)
Running time	108 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard (English: The Strange Desire of Mr. Bard), is a French drama film from 1954, directed by Géza von Radványi, written by Géza von Radványi, starring Michel Simon and Louis de Funès.

Plot

Auguste Bard is a bus driver who lives alone because women don't find him attractive. He suffers with a heart condition and eventually he is told by his doctor that he has only a short time left to live. He decides to take an early retirement. Then he wins a huge amount of money at a casino and can afford to pay the professional dancer Donata to keep him company.

Cast

• Michel Simon: Auguste Bard
• Yves Deniaud: Antonio
• Geneviève Page: Donata
• Georgette Anys: Julie
• Louis de Funès: Monsieur Chanteau
• Paul Demange: the nervous doctor
• Paul Frankeur: the priest
• Geneviève Page: Donata Francescati, the dancer
• Henri Crémieux: Ernest, the grocer
• Henri Arius: the commissioner
• Lucien Callamand: the notary
• Emma Lyonel: the directrices
• Colette Ricard: Béatrice, the daughter of Julie and Ernest
• Jacques Erwin: the bailiff at the casino
• François Carron: the doctor at the maternity ward
• Maurice Bénard: the casino manager
• Yvonne Claudie: Caroline
• Félix Clément or Jean Clément: the first doctor
• Michel Gerbier: the little boy
• Claude Ermelli
• Colette Ravel
• Jacques Robin

External links

• L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard at IMDb
• L’Étrange désir de Monsieur Bard (1953) at the Films de France
• L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard at Uni France films