Noah's Ark (1947)
L'Arche de Noé
Bitru is a carefree fellow who, one day, decides to buy a houseboat on the River Seine. He moves there and starts living surrounded by a circle of colorful friends. Among them, the daughter of an auto maker but also a group of scientists who have developed "Aqua Simplex", a device that could enable motorists to fill their tanks with... water ! Panic sets in in the automobile industry and Bitru is appointed his friends' middle man to represent them on the various car makers directors' boards.
- Date of release
- 1947-08-20
- TMDB
- 7.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Director
- Henry Jacques
Casting
- Pierre Brasseur — Bitru
- Claude Larue — Alice
- Jacqueline Pierreux — Solange
- Georges Rollin — Noël
- Armand Bernard — Baron Hugues Casenove
- André Alerme — Paul Pelpail
- Jane Marken — Christine Pelpail
- Roland Armontel — Verneuil
- Yves Deniaud — Maclou
- Pierre Sergeol — Labrize
- Paul Barge — Representative of the board of directors (uncredited)
- Albert Broquin — Huckster (uncredited)
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