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The Voyage to America

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The Voyage to America
Directed byHenri Lavorel
Written byHenri Lavorel
Roland Laudenbach
Produced byHenri Lavorel
StarringPierre Fresnay
Yvonne Printemps
Jean Brochard
CinematographyHenri Alekan
Edited byAndrée Feix
Music byFrancis Poulenc
Production
company
Le Monde en Images
Distributed byS.R.O
Release date
  • 31 October 1951 (1951-10-31)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The Voyage to America (French: Le Voyage en Amérique) is a 1951 French comedy film directed by Henri Lavorel and starring Pierre Fresnay, Yvonne Printemps and Jean Brochard. The film contrasts the prosperity of France and the United States in the post-Second World War era[1] It replaced the Laurel and Hardy film Atoll K at the Olympia cinema in Paris, and was much more successful.[2]

Synopsis

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A couple living a peaceful life in rural France, learn that their daughter who married an American GI is due to give birth to a grandchild. They head to the United States to visit, to the delight of the wife.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Prime p.195
  2. ^ Aping p.258

Bibliography

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  • Aping, Norbert. The Final Film of Laurel and Hardy: A Study of the Chaotic Making and Marketing of Atoll K. McFarland, 2014.
  • Prime, Rebecca. Hollywood Exiles in Europe: The Blacklist and Cold War Film Culture. Rutgers University Press, 2014.
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