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Sénéchal the Magnificent (1957)

Sénéchal the Magnificent (1957)

Comedy
Release Date: 1957, May 24
Directors: Jean Boyer
Countries: France
Production: Chronos Films, France Cinéma Productions, France Cinéma Productions, France Cinéma Productions, Rizzoli Film, Rizzoli Film, Rizzoli Film
Cast: Madeleine Barbulée, Nadia Gray, Henri Garcin, Georges Lannes, Fernandel, Marcel Bernier, Sacha Briquet, Roland Armontel, Gérard Darrieu, Laure Paillette, Robert Mercier, Liliane Patrick

Overview:

Sénéchal, an actor touring the provinces with the "Tournées Carlini" does not meet the success he thinks he deserves. One night in Dreux, he finds himself without his luggage and dressed up as a Foreign Legion officer, he is invited to a party thrown by a colonel. He creates a sensation there and does not leave the colonel's wife ... indifferent! Back in Paris, Sénéchal goes through a similar experience. This time around, wearing tuxedo and top hat, he gets mistaken for a diplomat and charms the guests of a wedding party. Arrested by the police, he chooses to do without an attorney at his trial and his brilliant eloquence has him acquitted. A question remains unanswered though : will all those people who give an ovation in real life ever go to see him on stage ?