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Madame Sans-Gêne
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Madame Sans-Gêne

1974-12-24 · Runtime unavailable · ★ 7.0

Comedy

Catherine Hubscher, laundress, saves the life of an Austrian nobleman with the complicity of her fiancé, Sergeant Lefebvre, the day when royalty collapses. And then the years pass ... Become Marshal of the Empire and Duke of Danzig, ex Sergeant Lefebvre always has for wife Catherine, the ex laundress; and this, in spite of the efforts made by the Emperor Napoleon to have him divorced, the Emperor blamed him strongly for the lack of distinction of Catherine. Faced with the Marshal's refusal, Catherine was summoned to the Emperor's house and the dialogue between them lacked heat to say the least, until the former lieutenant Bonaparte recognized in Maréchale Lefebvre, Catherine the laundress, who once , gave him credit for his laundering debts.

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Directors
Georges Folgoas, Michel Roux
Production companies
Unavailable
Countries
France
Status
Released

Top Cast

Jacqueline MaillanJacqueline MaillanCatherine Hubscher
William SabatierWilliam SabatierMaréchal Lefèbvre
Gérard BarrayGérard BarrayNeiperg
Liliane PatrickElisa
Roger MuniRoger MuniL'empereur
Alain MottetAlain MottetFouché
Corinne LahayeCorinne LahayeCaroline
Jean-Jacques SteenRoustan
Jean-Paul CoquelinJean-Paul CoquelinConstant
Jacques ArdouinSavary
Catherine AlcoverCatherine AlcoverMadame de Vintimille
Marcel CharveyMarcel CharveyDuroc
Claude d'YdSaint Marsan
Nathalie DalyanMadame de Brignolles
Jean DegraveJean DegraveRaynouard
Jean-Pierre DelageJean-Pierre DelageDespréaux
Annie JouzierAnnie JouzierMadame de Bulow
Robert Le BéalRobert Le BéalLauriston
Lucienne LegrandLucienne LegrandMadame de Talhouet
Christine Parat-RoblinJulie, Mme de Canisy

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