The Spice of Life
Les Casse-pieds
Release: 1948-11-26
·Runtime: 75m
·★ 5.5
Comedy
A series of vignettes, in which Noel-Noel appears as the moderator, lecturer, commentator and leading actor, that examine the bores and pests of everyday life much like Pete Smith and Robert Benchley had done for years in American short subjects. Among those are the Practical Joker who will do anything for a laugh; the Party Entertainer who never stops singing; the Talkative Neigbor who forgets the time; the noisy neighbors who dance the tango all night; and women drivers, people who telephone at meal time, the friend you never saw before and amatuer medical experts. Much use of trick photography, montages, puppets and animation along with some adult Gallic wit and gentle satire.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Alain Poiré
Cast
Jacques Varennes
Georges Questiau
as le postillonneur
Paul Frankeur
as Le blagueur
Elisa Lamotte
as La Chauffarde, La dame qui conduit mal
Pierre Destailles
as L'employé du gaz
La Houppa
as La fille
Maryse Martin
Lucien Frégis
Rudy Lenoir
Noël-Noël
as Le conférencier
Jean-Pierre Mocky
as Le postilloneur,
René Blancard
as Thomas
Georges Rollin
Marguerite Deval
as La dame obligeante
Charles Vissières
as Le speaker
Jean Tissier
as L'importun
Henri Crémieux
as Henri Crémieux
Claire Olivier
as La dame qui porte en ville
Madeleine Barbulée
as La chanteuse
Franck Maurice
Bernard Blier
as L'importuné
Charles Bayard
Fritz Schmiedel
as German sailor in subway (uncredited)
