Frederica (French: Frédérica) is a 1942 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Charles Trenet, Elvire Popesco and Jacqueline Gauthier.[1] It is based on a play by Jean de Letraz.

Frederica
Directed byJean Boyer
Written byJean de Letraz
Based onÉpousez-nous, monsieur by Jean de Letraz
Produced bySuzanne Goosens
Marcel Segard
StarringCharles Trenet
Elvire Popesco
Jacqueline Gauthier
CinematographyLucien Joulin
Edited byAndrée Danis
Music byHenri Forterre
Georges Van Parys
Production
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Jason Films
Distributed byGray-Film
Release date
  • 18 November 1942 (1942-11-18)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Synopsis

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Gilbert Legrant a singer and owner of a cabaret is financially bailed out by his girlfriend Lilette. However, she is outraged when she discovers love letters written by him to a woman named Frederica. Frederica is in fact a fictional creation of his ideal woman, but Lilette doesn't believe him. Gilbert's friend gets his own girlfriend Claudine to pose as Frederica, while in turn a real Frederica arrives from Davos causing further confusion.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Bessy & Chirat p.178

Bibliography

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  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950. Pygmalion, 1986
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