Twelve Hours of Happiness | |
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Directed by | Gilles Grangier |
Written by | Jean-Paul Le Chanois René Wheeler |
Based on | Twelve Hours of Happiness by Robert Boissy |
Produced by | Raoul Ploquin |
Starring | Dany Robin Georges Marchal Jean Tissier |
Cinematography | Marc Fossard |
Edited by | Madeleine Gug |
Music by | Georges Van Parys |
Production company | Les Films Raoul Ploquin |
Distributed by | La Société des Films Sirius |
Release date | 27 August 1952 |
Running time | 79 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Twelve Hours of Happiness (French: Douze heures de bonheur) is a 1952 French romantic comedy drama film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Dany Robin, Georges Marchal and Jean Tissier.[1] [2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Clavel. It is also known by the alternative title Jupiter.
The daughter of a provincial pharmacist is due to marry her distant cousin Gilbert in an arranged marriage. However, she meets a stranger in the forest who has escaped from an asylum and who she dubs "Jupiter". He pretends to be her cousin and makes a good impression on the pharmacist. However complications ensue when the real cousin arrives.