By the Window
Par la fenêtre
Release: 1948-01-22
·Runtime: 85m
·★ 5.5
Comedy
Gaston, nicknamed Pilou, has left his native village and Yvette, the girl of his heart, to go to Paris where he has found work as a painter. He is a naive good-natured man who, like most of his fellow-workers, favors a little song or two while he works. For the time being he is busy repainting the exterior of a block of flats and, when he does not sing to pass the time, he looks through the windows, observing the tenants in their daily lives. As time goes by, he goes as far as intervening and changing the course of their lives. In the end, despite having found a lookalike of his fiancée, he returns to her.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Les Productions Cinématographiques (L.P.C.)
Cast
Madeleine Suffel
as Concierge
Charles Bouillaud
as Joseph, concierge (uncredited)
Albert Broquin
as Guest at the poster competition (uncredited)
Palmyre Levasseur
as Customer (uncredited)
Bourvil
as Gaston 'Pilou'
Suzy Delair
as Fernande / Yvette
André Alerme
as Alavoine
Paul Faivre
as Laforest
Henri Niel
as Duchamp (uncredited)
Jean-Marc Tennberg
as Cousin of Béziers (uncredited)
Michèle Philippe
as Renée Laforest
Roland Armontel
as Sabourdin
Yvonne Yma
as Cleaning lady (uncredited)
Yvette Andréyor
as Clémence
Jacques Baumer
as Miroud
