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Life Is a Game
Life Is a Game
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Life Is a Game

Original Title: La vie est un jeu

1951
1h 22m
Comedy

Status

Released

Release

1951

Runtime

1h 22m

Storyline

Evanella, who writes the “Horoscope” section of a major newspaper, and her brother Méristo, create with the help of a young journalist, Jean Lassère and the capital of their uncle Amédée, a “Bureau des Prédictions”. Success being expected, they manage to obtain revelations about a gang of gangsters which they publish as predictions. It is success and fortune. Jean marries the newspaper director's daughter and Evanella the director himself.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 22m
Jun 13, 1951
Languages
French
Director
Raymond Leboursier
Raymond Leboursier
Production
Sideral Films
Sideral Films
Production Countries
France

Top Cast

26 Cast Members

Rellys

Rellys

Meristo

Jacqueline Delubac

Jacqueline Delubac

Evanella

Jimmy Gaillard

Jimmy Gaillard

Jean Lassère

Félix Oudart

Félix Oudart

Uncle Amédée

Jean Martinelli

Jean Martinelli

Newspaper director

Gisèle François

Director's daughter

André Bervil

André Bervil

Mercédès Brare

Mercédès Brare

Joe Breitbart

Jacqueline Canterelle

Jean Daurand

Jean Daurand

Louis de Funès

Louis de Funès

Thief

Jacques Dynam

Jacques Dynam

Gisèle Gray

Harry-Max

Harry-Max

Hennery

Hennery

Philippe Janvier

Jean-Pierre Lorrain

Léonce

Jacques Meyran

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