Boudu Saved from Drowning

84 mins
Michel Simon gives one of the most memorable performances in screen history as Boudu, a Parisian tramp who takes a suicidal plunge into the Seine and is rescued by a well-to-do bookseller, Edouard Lestingois. The Lestingois family decides to take in the irrepressible bum, and he shows his gratitude by shaking the household to its foundations. With Boudu Saved from Drowning, legendary director Jean Renoir takes advantage of a host of Parisian locations and the anarchic charms of his lead actor to create an effervescent satire of the bourgeoisie.

Michel Simon

Priape Boudu

Marcelle Hainia

Emma Lestingois

Sévérine Lerczinska

Chloë Anne Marie, la Bonne

Jean Dasté

L'Étudiant

Charles Granval

Édouard Lestingois

Geneviève Cadix

la petite fille

Jacques Becker

Le Poète (uncredited)

Georges D'Arnoux

Un Invité à la Noce (uncredited)

Régine Lutèce

la jeune femme au chien perdu

Jane Pierson

Rose, la Voisine (uncredited)

Jean Renoir

Director

Jean Gehret

Production Manager

Jacques Becker

Assistant Director

Georges D'Arnoux

Assistant Director

Clément Ollier

Unit Manager

Jean-Paul Alphen

Assistant Camera

Jean Boulze

Musician

Albert Valentin

Screenplay

Marcel Lucien

Director of Photography

Georges Asselin

Director of Photography

Michel Simon

Producer

Jean Renoir

Screenplay

Hugues Laurent

Production Design

Jean Castanier

Production Design

René Fauchois

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