Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
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. 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.
Director:
Jean Renoir
Writers:
Jean Renoir, Albert Valentin.
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Michel Simon as Priape Boudu |
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Marcelle Hainia as Emma Lestingois |
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Sévérine Lerczinska as Chloë Anne Marie, la Bonne |
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Jean Gehret as Vigour |
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Max Dalban as Godin |
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Jean Dasté as L'Étudiant |
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Charles Granval as Édouard Lestingois |
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Geneviève Cadix as la petite fille |
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Jacques Becker as Le Poète (uncredited) |
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Georges D'Arnoux as Un Invité à la Noce (uncredited) |
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Régine Lutèce as la jeune femme au chien perdu |
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Jane Pierson as Rose, la Voisine (uncredited) |
| Directing | Jean Renoir | Director |
| Production | Clément Ollier | Unit Manager |
| Production | Jean Gehret | Production Manager |
| Directing | Jacques Becker | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Georges D'Arnoux | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Igor B. Kalinovski | Sound |
| Camera | Jean-Paul Alphen | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Jean Boulze | Musician |
| Writing | Jean Renoir | Screenplay |
| Writing | Albert Valentin | Screenplay |
| Production | Michel Simon | Producer |
| Camera | Georges Asselin | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Marcel Lucien | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Suzanne de Troeye | Editor |
| Editing | Marguerite Renoir | Editor |
| Art | Jean Castanier | Production Design |
| Art | Hugues Laurent | Production Design |
| Writing | René Fauchois | Theatre Play |
