Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932): Cast & Box Office
Boudu Saved from Drowning is a 1932 comedy directed by Jean Renoir, starring Michel Simon as Priape Boudu, Charles Granval and Marcelle Hainia. It runs 1 hour 24 minutes and earned $2,805 worldwide.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 24m (84 min)
- Director
- Jean Renoir
- Genre
- Comedy
- Original language
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French - After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Boudu Saved from Drowning About?
The premise of Boudu Saved from Drowning without spoilers.
Michel Simon gives a memorable performance as Bouda, a Parisian tramp who leaps into the Seine and is rescued by bookseller Edouard Lestingois. The Lestingois family takes him in, but his irrepressible nature upends their orderly home, while director Jean Renoir uses Parisian settings and Simon’s anarchic charm to satirize bourgeois respectability.
Boudu Saved from Drowning Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- comedy of manners
- fish out of water
- seduction
- police officer
- rescue from drowning
- france
- satire comedy
- unfaithful wife
- fable
- sexual appetite
- based on play by same name
- seine river
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- class war
- makeover
- satyr chasing a nymph
- french comedy
- left bank paris
- possessive love
- rare book dealer
- appetite
- reference to voltaire
- romantic betrayal
- city park
- spyglass
- bride and groom
- culture clash comedy
- romantic comedy
- middle class family
- overturned boat
- eccentric man
- anomie
- defacing property
- reference to dionysus
- housemaid
- free spirit
- rags to riches back to rags
- french cinema
- good samaritan
- man thought dead is alive
- jilted bride
- bookstore owner
- scarecrow
- flooded room
- star as producer
- co written by director
- chaos agent
- bearded man
- experiment gone wrong
- mistress
- tramp
Boudu Saved from Drowning Cast & Characters
Michel Simon leads the cast as Priape Boudu, with Charles Granval as Édouard Lestingois and Marcelle Hainia as Emma Lestingois. Directed by Jean Renoir; 12 actors are credited in all.
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Director Jean Renoir
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Michel Simon as Priape Boudu - Charles Granval as Édouard Lestingois
- Marcelle Hainia as Emma Lestingois
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Jean Dasté as L'Étudiant
Also Starring in Boudu Saved from Drowning
· 8 more- Jacques Becker Le Poète (uncredited)
- Max Dalban Godin
- Jane Pierson Rose, la Voisine (uncredited)
- Jean Gehret Vigour
- Sévérine Lerczinska Chloë Anne Marie, la Bonne
- Georges D'Arnoux Un Invité à la Noce (uncredited)
- Geneviève Cadix la petite fille
- Régine Lutèce la jeune femme au chien perdu
More from Jean Renoir
More films directed by Jean Renoir, best-rated first: The Rules of the Game, The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir, The Elusive Corporal and Picnic on the Grass.
Boudu Saved from Drowning Box Office
Boudu Saved from Drowning grossed $2,805 worldwide.
Worldwide gross
$2.8K
- International
- $2.8K
Boudu Saved from Drowning Also Known As
14 alternative titles, including “익사 직전에 구조된 부뒤” and “익사에서 구조된 부뒤”.
- Also known as
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- 익사 직전에 구조된 부뒤
- 익사에서 구조된 부뒤
- 물에서 건진 부뒤
- Boudu salvato dalle acque
- Boudu salvado de las aguas
- Boudu - aus den Wassern gerettet
- A vízből kimentett Boudu
- Будю, спасенный из воды
- Querido Boudu
- Boudu flyter förbi
- 布杜落水遇救记
- Salvo das Águas
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- Sulardan Kurtarılan Boudu
- Boudú salvat de les aigües
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Boudu Saved from Drowning FAQ: Cast & Box Office
Runtime, release date, director, cast, box office, post-credit scenes and language of Boudu Saved from Drowning, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Boudu Saved from Drowning?
Boudu Saved from Drowning runs 1 hour 24 minutes (84 minutes).
When was Boudu Saved from Drowning released?
Boudu Saved from Drowning was released on November 11, 1932.
Who directed Boudu Saved from Drowning?
Boudu Saved from Drowning was directed by Jean Renoir.
More films by Jean Renoir Who is in the cast of Boudu Saved from Drowning?
Boudu Saved from Drowning stars Michel Simon as Priape Boudu, Charles Granval as Édouard Lestingois and Marcelle Hainia as Emma Lestingois, among 12 credited actors.
How much did Boudu Saved from Drowning make at the box office?
Boudu Saved from Drowning grossed $2,805 worldwide.
Does Boudu Saved from Drowning have a post-credit scene?
No. Boudu Saved from Drowning has no extra scene during or after the credits.
What language is Boudu Saved from Drowning in?
The original language of Boudu Saved from Drowning is French.
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