The Secret of Polichinelle

Synopsis

Secret de Polichinelle roughly translates as Open Secret. The "secret" in question is an illegitimate child, the offspring of young-and-foolish Henri (Bernard Lacret). The baby is adopted by its grandparents, Monsieur and Madame Jouvenol (Raimu and Francoise Rosay). At first taking charge of the child because it is their duty, the Jouvenols come to love the little nipper as if he were their own son. At this point, the film threatens to drown in a morass of sentiment, but the actors and the director manage to stem the bathos with some first-rate comedy vignettes revolving around the care and feeding of the bouncing baby boy.

Main Cast

Raimu

Mr. Jouvenel

Age : 62 | Popularity : 3%

Françoise Rosay

Mrs. Jouvenel

Age : 82 | Popularity : 4%

André Alerme

Mr. Trévoux

Age : 82 | Popularity : 7%

Janine Crispin

Marie

Age : 89 | Popularity : 3%

Ginette Darcy

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Jeanne de Fava

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Jean Diéner

Age : 63 | Popularity : 3%

Gaston Dubosc

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Assistant Director	André Zwobada
	Director	André Berthomieu
Department	Role	Name

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