By the Window

By the Window

1948/01/22 • Released • French

Comedy
5.5
1h 25m

Overview

Gaston, nicknamed Pilou, has left his native village and Yvette, the girl of his heart, to go to Paris where he has found work as a painter. He is a naive good-natured man who, like most of his fellow-workers, favors a little song or two while he works. For the time being he is busy repainting the exterior of a block of flats and, when he does not sing to pass the time, he looks through the windows, observing the tenants in their daily lives. As time goes by, he goes as far as intervening and changing the course of their lives. In the end, despite having found a lookalike of his fiancée, he returns to her.

Director : Gilles Grangier

Casts
Bourvil

Bourvil

Gaston 'Pilou'

Suzy Delair

Suzy Delair

Fernande / Yvette

Michèle Philippe

Renée Laforest

Mona Dol

Blanche Duroussy

France Ellys

Mrs. Laforest, Renée's mother

André Alerme

André Alerme

Alavoine

René Dupuy

Albert Roussel

Jean Barrère

Paul

Paul Faivre

Paul Faivre

Laforest

Frédéric Munié

Yvette Andréyor

Yvette Andréyor

Clémence

Madeleine Suffel

Madeleine Suffel

Concierge

Jacques Baumer

Jacques Baumer

Miroud

Roland Armontel

Roland Armontel

Sabourdin

Jean Berton

Agent (uncredited)

Charles Bouillaud

Charles Bouillaud

Joseph, concierge (uncredited)

Albert Broquin

Albert Broquin

Guest at the poster competition (uncredited)

Gaby Bruyère

(uncredited)

Palmyre Levasseur

Palmyre Levasseur

Customer (uncredited)

Colette Mareuil

Workshop saleswoman (uncredited)

Janine Miller

(uncredited)

Henri Niel

Henri Niel

Duchamp (uncredited)

Jean-Marc Tennberg

Jean-Marc Tennberg

Cousin of Béziers (uncredited)

Yvonne Yma

Yvonne Yma

Cleaning lady (uncredited)

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