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It Happened on the 36 Candles

5.5 105 mins Comedy   1957
Panoramas-Films   Les Films Fernand Rivers   Le Film d'art   Eden  
Director(s): Henri Diamant-Berger

Release Date: 16 Wed, Oct 1957

Rejecting the union of her daughter Brigitte with a modest worker, Madame Magnin invents an adultery for the lover, then introduces Brigitte to a good-looking man working on the famous RTF entertainment show 36 Chandelles. The show ultimately seals the reunion of the two estranged young lovers. The story features a parade of music-hall stars from the era: Charles Trenet, Charles Aznavour, Georges Guétary, Juliette Gréco, Roger Pierre and Jean-Marc Thibault, Fernand Raynaud, Georges Ulmer and many more.

Casts of It Happened on the 36 Candles

Jane Sourza

as Mrs. Desjardins, Minister of Youth and Sports

Guy Bertil

as Hugues, minister's nephew

Brigitte Barbier

as Brigitte Magnin

Jacques Riberolles

as Michel, Brigitte's fiancé

Silvia Solar

as Myra

Lona Rita

as Sweeper

Max Elloy

as Usher

Paul Demange

as Concierge

René Hiéronimus

as Ambroise

Denise Kerny

as Secretary

Lucien Raimbourg

as Garousse

Suzet Maïs

as Mathilde Magnin, Brigitte's mother

Aglaë

as Self (uncredited)

Andrex

as Self (uncredited)

Françoise Arnoul

as Self (uncredited)

Cécile Aubry

as Self (uncredited)

Jean-Christophe Averty

as Assistant director (uncredited)

Charles Aznavour

as Self (uncredited)

Philippe Clay

as Self (uncredited)

Jean Cocteau

as Self (uncredited)

Christian Duvaleix

as Self (uncredited)

Jeanne Fusier-Gir

as Self (uncredited)

Juliette Gréco

as Self (uncredited)

Catherine Langeais

as Self (uncredited)

Pierre Larquey

as Self (uncredited)

Odette Laure

as Self (uncredited)

Jean Nohain

as Self (uncredited)

Roger Pierre

as Self (uncredited)

Annette Poivre

as Self (uncredited)

Fernand Raynaud

as Self (uncredited)

Jean Richard

as Self (uncredited)

Jean-Marc Thibault

as Self (uncredited)

Jean Tissier

as Self (uncredited)

Charles Trenet

as Self (uncredited)

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