Frederica | |
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Directed by | Jean Boyer |
Written by | Jean de Letraz |
Based on | Épousez-nous, monsieur by Jean de Letraz |
Produced by | Suzanne Goosens Marcel Segard |
Starring | Charles Trenet Elvire Popesco Jacqueline Gauthier |
Cinematography | Lucien Joulin |
Edited by | Andrée Danis |
Music by | Henri Forterre Georges Van Parys |
Production company | Jason Films |
Distributed by | Gray-Film |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Frederica (French: Frédérica) is a 1942 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Charles Trenet, Elvire Popesco and Jacqueline Gauthier.[1] It is based on a play by Jean de Letraz.
Gilbert Legrant a singer and owner of a cabaret is financially bailed out by his girlfriend Lilette. However, she is outraged when she discovers love letters written by him to a woman named Frederica. Frederica is in fact a fictional creation of his ideal woman, but Lilette doesn't believe him. Gilbert's friend gets his own girlfriend Claudine to pose as Frederica, while in turn a real Frederica arrives from Davos causing further confusion.