How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning (1965): Cast
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning is a 1965 comedy drama directed by Georges Lautner and Gilles Grangier, starring Paul Mercey as Lucette's client with a dog (segment "Le Procès") (uncredited), Bernard Blier and Gianna Serra. It runs 1 hour 40 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 40m (100 min)
- Directors
- Georges Lautner and Gilles Grangier
- Original language
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French - Studio
- Les Films Corona
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning About?
The premise of How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning without spoilers.
Divided into three episodes, the narrative opens with a Bernard Blier character who removes a lantern from the entrance of a brothel. The second segment follows the theft of that lantern, together with jewelry, from a young baroness. In the final episode, Louis de Funès’ hero hangs a lantern at the doorway of his own house.
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning Themes & Keywords
· 35 tags- sick leave
- breakfast in bed
- thumb sucking
- slang
- bedridden
- petulance
- petty bourgeois
- pimp
- athletic club
- directed by several directors
- anthology
- heist gone wrong
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- reputation
- judge
- rags to riches
- souvenir
- keepsake
- red lantern
- lantern
- thief
- burglar
- courtroom
- trial
- former prostitute
- prostitute
- forced retirement
- closure
- outlawed activity
- cat house
- brothel
- brothel madam
- paris france
- france
- 1940s
- year 1946
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning Cast & Characters
Paul Mercey leads the cast as Lucette's client with a dog (segment "Le Procès") (uncredited), with Bernard Blier as Charles Labergerie, brothel keeper (segment “La Fermeture” & “Le Procès”) and Gianna Serra as Girl from the Haudepin pension (segment "Les Bons Vivants"). Directed by Georges Lautner and Gilles Grangier; 45 actors are credited in all.
- Co-director Georges Lautner
- Co-director Gilles Grangier
- Paul Mercey as Lucette's client with a dog (segment "Le Procès") (uncredited)
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Bernard Blier as Charles Labergerie, brothel keeper (segment “La Fermeture” & “Le Procès”) - Gianna Serra as Girl from the Haudepin pension (segment "Les Bons Vivants")
- Henri Virlogeux as Regular doctor of the brothel (segment "La Fermeture")
Also Starring in How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
· 41 more- Louis de Funès Léon Haudepin, general insurance agent (segment "Les Bons Vivants")
- Bernadette Lafont Sophie, prostitute (segment "Les Bons Vivants")
- Jacques Marin Second-hand dealer and mover who buys furniture (segment "La Fermeture")
- Albert Rémy Police Inspector Grannu (segment "Les Bons Vivants")
- Juliet Mills Nurse (segment "Les Bons Vivants") (uncredited)
- Jean Carmet Paulo, accomplice of Léonard Maburon (segment "Le Procès")
- Bernard Musson Assessor judge (segment "Le Procès") (uncredited)
- Albert Michel Court clerk (segment "Le Procès")
- Jean-Luc Bideau Swiss customer of the "auto show" (segment "La Fermeture") (uncredited)
- Jean Lefebvre Léonard Maburon, “Léo le solitaire”, burglar (segment "Le Procès")
- Hubert Deschamps Judge Hardouin, member of the association (segment "Les Bons Vivants")
- Philippe Castelli Mr. Boudu, member of the association (segment "Les Bons Vivants") (uncredited)
- Darry Cowl Léonard Maburon's defense lawyer (segment "Le Procès")
- Mireille Darc Marie Truchet, aka 'Éloïse' (segment "Les Bons Vivants")
- Jacques Legras Swiss customer of the "auto show" (segment "La Fermeture") (uncredited)
- Gabriel Gobin Maître Leproux, member of the association (segment "Les Bons Vivants")
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- Édouard Francomme Man carrying files to the court (segment "Le Procès") (uncredited)
- Bernard Dhéran Lawyer of Baroness Seychelles du Hautpas (segment "Le Procès")
- Catherine Samie Boarder (segment "La Fermeture") (uncredited)
- Dominique Davray Madame Blanche, wife of Charles (segment “La Fermeture”)
- Andrée Tainsy Germaine, Léon's housekeeper (segment "Les Bons Vivants") (uncredited)
- Guy Grosso Gédeon, pimp (segment "Les Bons Vivants")
- Jean Richard Paul Arnaud, member of the association (segment "Les Bons Vivants")
- Pierre Bertin President of the tribunal (segment "Le Procès")
- Billy Kearns James J. Gordon, wealthy Texan, lover of the Baroness (segment "Le Procès") (uncredited)
- Frank Villard Marcel Froment, boss of the “Panier Fleuri”, Toulon (segment “La Fermeture” & “Le Procès”)
- Micheline Luccioni Carmen, boarder with varices (segment "La Fermeture") (uncredited)
- Andréa Parisy Baroness Seychelles du Hautpas, born Lucette Granu (segment "Le Procès")
- Adrien Cayla-Legrand Brigadier in tribunal (segment "Le Procès") (uncredited)
- Louis Viret Photographer of the association (segment "Les Bons Vivants") (uncredited)
- Lucien Frégis Member of the association (segment "Les Bons Vivants") (uncredited)
- Aline Bertrand Mrs. Pauline, former resident... retired (segment “La Fermeture” & "Le Procès") (uncredited)
- Françoise Vatel Boarder (segment "La Fermeture") (uncredited)
- María Rosa Rodríguez Carmen, Spanish prostitute (segment "Les Bons Vivants")
- Jean-Pierre Moutier Léon Haudepin's deputy (segment "Les Bons Vivants")
- Michèle Bardollet Boarder (segment "La Fermeture")
- Yori Bertin Colette, boarder (segment "La Fermeture" & “Le Procès”)
- Régine Motte Girl from the Haudepin pension (segment "Les Bons Vivants")
- Lydie Muguet Girl from the Haudepin pension (segment "Les Bons Vivants")
- Margarette Boarder (segment "La Fermeture") (uncredited)
- Josy Guadel Former boarder (segment "Le Procès") (uncredited)
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How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning FAQ: Cast & Runtime
Runtime, release date, director, cast, post-credit scenes and language of How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning, each answered in a sentence.
How long is How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning?
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning runs 1 hour 40 minutes (100 minutes).
When was How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning released?
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning was released on October 28, 1965.
Who directed How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning?
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning was directed by Georges Lautner and Gilles Grangier.
More films by Georges Lautner Who is in the cast of How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning?
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning stars Paul Mercey as Lucette's client with a dog (segment "Le Procès") (uncredited), Bernard Blier as Charles Labergerie, brothel keeper (segment “La Fermeture” & “Le Procès”) and Gianna Serra as Girl from the Haudepin pension (segment "Les Bons Vivants"), among 45 credited actors.
Does How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning have a post-credit scene?
No. How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning has no extra scene during or after the credits.
What language is How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning in?
The original language of How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning is French.
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