If I Were Boss
Directed byRichard Pottier
Written byAndré Cerf
Jacques Prévert
René Pujol
StarringFernand Gravey
Max Dearly
Mireille Balin
CinematographyJean Bachelet
Edited byPierre Méguérian
Music byHenri Poussigue
Production
company
Para Film
Distributed byPathé Consortium Cinéma
Release date
  • 26 October 1934 (1934-10-26)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

If I Were Boss (French: Si j'étais le patron) is a 1934 French comedy film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Fernand Gravey, Max Dearly and Mireille Balin.[1] [2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Krauss. Thr depiction of a struggling business has been regarded as a metaphor for the wider state of French industry at the height of the Great Depression. It was produced the same year as a number of financial scandals hit French firms.[3]

Synopsis

Henri an employee at a car factory develops a revolutionary new improvement but his views are rejected as he faces the sack as a troublemaker. However the failing business is backed by an eccentric investor on the condition that Henri is appointed as manager of the firm. His new invention rescues the company, propelling it to success.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Crisp p.109
  2. ↑ Bessy & Chirat p.517
  3. ↑ Crisp p.109

Bibliography

  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1929-1934. Pygmalion, 1988.
  • Crisp, Colin. French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 1, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2015.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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