Who Killed Santa Claus?
1941 film
- 16 October 1941 (1941-10-16)
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Who Killed Santa Claus? (French: L'Assassinat du père Noël) is a 1941 French comedy-drama mystery film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Harry Baur, Raymond Rouleau and Robert Le Vigan.[1] This adaptation of Pierre Véry's 1934 novel of the same name was the first film produced by Continental Films. It was shot at the Neuilly Studios in Paris and on location at Chamonix in the French Alps. The films sets were designed by the art director Guy de Gastyne.
Cast
- Harry Baur as Gaspard Cornusse
- Raymond Rouleau as Roland de La Faille
- Renée Faure as Catherine Cornusse
- Robert Le Vigan as Léon Villard, the schoolmaster
- Fernand Ledoux as Noirgoutte, the mayor
- Jean Brochard as Ricomet, the pharmacist
- Héléna Manson as Marie Coquillot
- Arthur Devère as Tairraz, the watchmaker
- Marcel Pérès as Rambert
- Georges Chamarat as Constable Gercourt
- Bernard Blier as police sergeant
- Jean Sinoël as Noblet
- Marie-Hélène Dasté as Mother Michel
- Jean Parédès as Kappel, the beadle
References
- ^ "Who Killed Santa Claus". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2013-07-15.
Bibliography
- Leteux, Christine. Continental Films: French Cinema under German Control. University of Wisconsin Press, 2022.
External links
- Who Killed Santa Claus? at IMDb
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Films directed by Christian-Jaque
- The Pont-Biquet Family (1935)
- Monsieur Personne (1936)
- A Legionnaire (1936)
- Rigolboche (1936)
- School for Journalists (1936)
- Josette (1937)
- Francis the First (1937)
- The House Opposite (1937)
- In Venice, One Night (1937)
- Boys' School (1938)
- Rail Pirates (1938)
- Ernest the Rebel (1938)
- Who Killed Santa Claus? (1941)
- First Ball (1941)
- Carmen (1942)
- La Symphonie fantastique (1942)
- Voyage Without Hope (1943)
- The Bellman (1945)
- Boule de Suif (1945)
- A Lover's Return (1946)
- The Charterhouse of Parma 1948)
- Man to Men (1948)
- Singoalla (1949)
- Lost Souvenirs (1950)
- Bluebeard (1951)
- Adorable Creatures (1952)
- Fanfan la Tulipe (1952)
- Lucrèce Borgia (1953)
- Daughters of Destiny (1954)
- Madame du Barry (1954)
- Nana (1955)
- If All the Guys in the World (1956)
- Nathalie (1957)
- The Law Is the Law (1958)
- Babette Goes to War (1959)
- Don't Tempt the Devil (1963)
- The Black Tulip (1964)
- Champagne for Savages (1964)
- Man from Cocody (1965)
- The Dirty Game (1965)
- The Other Truth (1966)
- Le Saint prend l'affût (1966)
- Dead Run (1967)
- Emma Hamilton (1968)
- The Legend of Frenchie King (1971)
- Parisian Life (1977)
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