Frederica (French: Frédérica) is a 1942 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Charles Trenet, Elvire Popesco and Jacqueline Gauthier.Bessy & Chirat p.178 It is based on a play by Jean de Letraz.
Synopsis Gilbert Legrant a singer and owner of a cabaret is financially bailed out by his girlfriend Lilette. However, she is outraged when she discovers love letters written by him to a woman named Frederica. Frederica is in fact a fictional creation of his ideal woman, but Lilette doesn't believe him. Gilbert's friend gets his own girlfriend Claudine to pose as Frederica, while in turn a real Frederica arrives from Davos causing further confusion.
Cast Charles Trenet as Gilbert Legrant Elvire Popesco as Frédérica Rellys as Théodule Jacqueline Gauthier as Claudine Jacques Louvigny as Le baron Hélène Tossy as La vendeuse Hélène Dartigue as Anaïs Maurice Baquet as Un ami de Gilbert Francis Blanche as Ami de Gilbert Suzet Maïs as Lilette Christian Gérard as Un ami de Gilbert Robert Arnoux as Julien Blanchet
References
Bibliography Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950. Pygmalion, 1986
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