Tovaritch (film)

Tovaritch is a 1935 French comedy film directed by Jacques Deval and Germain Fried, along with the uncredited Jean Tarride and Victor Trivas, and starring Irène Zilahy, André Lefaur and Marguerite Deval. It is based on the 1933 play Tovarich by Jacques Deval, who also adapted the screenplay. It was shot at the Francoeur Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. In 1937 the play was adapted again into the Hollywood film Tovarich featuring Claudette Colbert and Charles Boyer.[1]

For the 1937 American film, see Tovarich (film).
Tovaritch
Directed byJacques Deval
Germain Fried
Written byJacques Deval
Based onTovarich by Jacques Deval
Produced byRomain Pinès
StarringIrène Zilahy
André Lefaur
Pierre Renoir
CinematographyRobert Lefebvre
Edited byJean Delannoy
Henri Rust
Music byMichel Michelet
Production
company
Productions Cinégraphiques Jacques Deval
Distributed byCompagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique
Release date
3 May 1935
Running time
100 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Synopsis

In 1930s Paris two exiled and apparently impoverished White Russian aristocrats General Ouratieff and his wife Tatiana take jobs as domestic servants. Unknown to their new employers, the General has a billions of Francs deposited in the bank which was entrusted to him for safekeeping by the late Tsar during the 1917 Revolution and which he consequently refuses to touch. Things become more complex when the Soviet Commisar Gorotchenko arrives on the scene in pursuit of the money.

Cast

References
  1. Goble p.125

Bibliography
  • Alonso, Harriet Hyman. Robert E. Sherwood: The Playwright in Peace and War. University of Massachusetts Press, 2007.
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.


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