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Les Bleus de la marine
1934 Comedy
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Credits
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Director: Maurice Cammage
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Script: Jean Manse
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Photo: Julien Ringel
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Music: Vincent Scotto
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Cast: Fernandel (Lafraise),
Andrex (Le Lieutenant),
Ouvrard (Plumard),
Charblay (L'Hercule),
Darcelys (Un Ancien),
Colette Darfeuil (Germaine Pelageon),
Suzanne Dehelly (Elyane),
Edouard Delmont (Le Quartier-Maitre),
Renée Dennsy (Hortense),
Louis Florencie (Pelageon),
Anthony Gildès (Le Maire)
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Country: France
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Language: French
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Runtime: 98 min; B&W
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Summary
Whilst their unit is marching through the town of Toulon, two sailors – Lafraise
and Plumard – manage to lose their way. Adopting a disguise, they hope to
return to their ship without being noticed. Unfortunately, on the way, they are
mistaken for a government official and his secretary. At a ceremony to inaugurate
a monument, Lafraise has to give a speech, after which he creates pandemonium at a dinner
party.
Review
This lowbrow farce appears shamelessly unsophisticated even for the standards of the 1930s,
but a spirited performance from a very young Fernandel gives it a sense of fun and more
than a few good laughs. The direction is clumsy and the comic situations painfully
laboured, but some cheerful musical numbers help to make the film palatable. Without
Fernandel, the film would probably have disappeared without trace. Colette Darfeuil,
a popular young starlet of the era, has a significant supporting role in the film.
She appears opposite another promising young actor, Andrex, who would go on to appear
in many of Fernandel’s subsequent popular comedies, without ever attaining stardom
himself.
© James Travers 2004
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