1953 film by Guy Lacourt
My Brother from Senegal Raymond Bussières and Annette Poivre
Directed by Guy Lacourt Written by Norbert Carbonnaux Produced by Albert Mazaleyrat Georges Sénamaud Starring Cinematography Edited by Marcelle Lioret Music by Norbert Glanzberg Production company
Société Lyonnaise de Production de Films
Distributed by Sofradis Release date
20 November 1953 (1953-11-20 )
Running time
85 minutes Country France Language French
My Brother from Senegal (French: Mon frangin du Sénégal ) is a 1953 French comedy film directed by Guy Lacourt and starring Raymond Bussières , Annette Poivre and Noël Roquevert .[ 1]
The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul-Louis Boutié .
A young photographer is in love with the daughter of a nearby grocer. However she is obsessed with the adventurous heroes she watches in films. To impress her he decides to invent an identical twin recently returned from French Africa .
Raymond Bussières as Jules Pinson, photograph and son "double": César
Annette Poivre as Annette Bridoux, the daughter of the grocer
Noël Roquevert as Mr Bridoux, the grocer and father of Annette
Paulette Dubost as Séraphine, the maidservant of Mr Chaffinch
Paul Demange as the ancient colonial
Marcelle Arnold as Mrs Angèle
Sophie Sel as Mrs Sophie, the florist
Jacques Fabbri as the corporal of police station
Gisèle Grandpré as the lady who makes photograph her binoculars
Irène Bréor as the singer in the ball
Albert Michel as the state trooper of the circulation
Lud Germain as the hired black as clerk
Louis Viret as the mister who puts down posters
Eugène Stuber as an inhabitant beater
Franck Maurice as an inhabitant beater
Martine Beauvais as the lady to the small dog
Louis de Funès as the doctorGinette Vincendeau. Stars and Stardom in French Cinema . Bloomsbury Publishing, 2000.