The Beautiful Adventure (1942 film)

The Beautiful Adventure (French: La Belle aventure) is a 1942 French romantic comedy film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Claude Dauphin, Micheline Presle and Louis Jourdan. It is based on 1913 play of the same name by Gaston Arman de Caillavet, Robert de Flers and Étienne Rey. It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Bertrand.

The Beautiful Adventure
Directed by	Marc Allégret
Written by	Étienne Rey (play) Robert de Flers (play) Gaston Arman de Caillavet (play) Jean Bernard-Luc Georges Neveux Marcel Achard
Starring	Claude Dauphin Micheline Presle
Cinematography	Léonce-Henri Burel
Edited by	Henri Taverna
Music by	Georges Auric
Production company	Les Films Impéria
Distributed by	Les Films Impéria
Release date	20 December 1942
Running time	92 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

On her wedding day, a young bride takes off with her cousin, who she has always loved.

• Claude Dauphin as Valentin Le Barroyer
• Micheline Presle as Françoise Pimbrache
• Louis Jourdan as André d'Éguzon
• Gisèle Pascal as Hélène de Trévillac
• Suzanne Dehelly as Madame d'Éguzon
• André Brunot as Le comte d'Éguzon
• Berthe Bovy as Madame de Trévillac
• Jean Aquistapace as L'oncle
• Pauline Carton as Jeantine
• Géo Dorlys as Fouque
• Danièle Delorme as Monique
• Lucien Brulé as Le curé
• Charlotte Clasis as La tante
• Allain Dhurtal as Le docteur Pimbrache

The film was shot in September–October 1942 in Nice.^[1] However it was not released until after the Liberation of France due to the ban on the films of Claude Dauphin after he joined the Free French.^[2]

• The Beautiful Adventure (1917)
• The Beautiful Adventure (1932, German)
• The Beautiful Adventure (1932, French)

• La Belle aventure at IMDb