France / Apr 19, 1950 / Cannes Film Festival
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
In spite of his failures as a peddler, Casimir guaranteed his fiance that this time the vacuum cleaners will work for good. But he's still unsuccessful until he go to the appartment of Paul-Andre, a painter who was engaged by correspondence to a rich south-American woman. That's exactly when she arrive armed with a gun infuriated after she had received a rupture letter from the man she had never seen. She mistakenly took Casimir as her painter lover. Casimir his ready to flee until he learned she owned many hotels, a thousand rooms in fact. "A thousand rooms, a thousand vacuum cleaners", he suddenly think.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Robert Seller | Dr. Labrousse |
| Lucien Hector | The coffee maker |
| Charles Fawcett | Mr. Brown |
| Darling Légitimus | Caroline |
| Julien Maffre | The shoe shine |
| Émile Riandreys | The flu sufferer |
| Alfred Arlais | The pedicure |
| Edmond Méry | The dwarf tenant |
| Pierre Ferval | The neurotic in the waiting room |
| Marc Arian | Collaborator participating in the working meeting (uncredited) |
| Delcassan | The old tenant at the sonotone (uncredited) |
Genres
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Casimir |
| Original language | Français (FR) |
| Spoken languages | Français |
| Production countries | France |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | La Société des Films Sirius, Société Française de Cinématographie (SFC) |
| Release date | 19 aprile 1950 |
| Production | Roger Ribadeau-Dumas |
| Writer | Gérard Carlier, Jean Manse |
| Editing | Robert Isnardon, Monique Isnardon |
| Cinematography | André Germain |
| Assistant directors | Richard Pottier |
| Camera operators | André Germain |
| Additional photography | André Germain |
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| Production design | Paul-Louis Boutié |
| Art direction | Paul-Louis Boutié |
| Set decoration | Paul-Louis Boutié |
| Music | Joe Hajos, Louis Kieffer |
| Sound | Joe Hajos, Louis Kieffer |
Release dates
Limited release
Theatrical release
France / Apr 28, 1950
United States / May 17, 1957 / US Premiere
Russia / Feb 16, 1959
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