Beautiful Star (1938)
Belle étoile
Meg decides to commit suicide to escape the marriage to which her father intends her. She is saved by Jean-Pierre, another candidate for suicide, and Léon, a tramp who was just trying to reason with him. The trio then becomes inseparable and organizes a new life based on friendship and freedom.
- Date of release
- 1938-08-05
- TMDB
- 8.2 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Director
- Jacques de Baroncelli
Casting
- Michel Simon — Léon
- Jean-Pierre Aumont — Jean-Pierre
- Meg Lemonnier — Meg Lemarchal
- Saturnin Fabre — Lemarchal
- Georges Lannes — Monsieur Albert
- André Numès — Charles Dumard, aka 'Charlot'
- Jean Aymé — Graillon, fence
- Marcel Melrac — Bob
- Guy Favières — Firmin, domestic
- Marcel Vallée — President of the Tribunal
- André Nicolle — Inspector
- René Blancard — Police commissioner (uncredited)
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