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The Law of Spring (French: La loi du printemps) is a 1942 French comedy film directed by Jacques Daniel-Norman and starring Huguette Duflos, Pierre Renoir and Alice Field.[1] It is based on the 1912 play of the same title by Lucien Nepoty.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Roland Quignon.
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| Directed by | Jacques Daniel-Norman |
| Written by | Jacques Daniel-Norman Alfred Machard |
| Based on | The Law of Spring by Lucien Nepoty |
| Produced by | Camille Trachimel |
| Starring | Huguette Duflos Pierre Renoir Alice Field |
| Cinematography | Christian Matras |
| Edited by | Mireille Bessette |
| Music by | Vincent Scotto |
Production | Les Films Camille Trachimel |
| Distributed by | Consortium du Film |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
When widower Frédéric Villaret marries the widowed Jeanne, their respective children come to live in the same house. They discover that they dislike their half-siblings, and a series of family quarrels ensue.
- Huguette Duflos as Jeanne Villaret
- Pierre Renoir as Frédéric Villaret
- Alice Field as Hélène Harlay
- Maï Bill as Fanine Villaret
- Marguerite Deval as Tante Léonie
- Yves Furet as Georges Burdan
- René Génin as Firmin
- Philippe Richard as Louis
- Monique Dubois as Jeannette
- Jean-Jacques as Le petit garçon d'Hélène
- Colette Laurent as Antoinette
- Marguerite Ducouret as Mélanie
- Gilbert Gil as Hubert Villaret
- Georges Rollin as Richard Burdan
- Julien Maffre as Canard
- Violette France as Mlle Richepaille
- Louis Blanche as Le président
- Suzanne Yorelle as Mme Gatinais
- Paulette Paule as Mme Courtin-Lamothe
- Jacques Derives as Un invité
- Louis Seigner as Le docteur
- Madame Rolande as Baronne de Marcheville
- Hélène Briand as Mme Morillon
- Michèle Calvi as Lucienne Desfargeot
- Hélène Petit as Mme Desfargeot
- Loulou Reyne as Mme Beauvision
- Denise Noël as Amélie
- Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950. Pygmalion, 1986
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.