The Secret of Polichinelle

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 7, 1936

Original language

French

Spoken languages

French

Cast

Gaston Dubosc,Gaston Secrétan,André Alerme,Raimu,Jeanne de Fava,Janine Crispin,Jean Diéner,Bernard Lancret,Alain Michel,Made Siaméand 4 more

Director

André Berthomieu

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0195237