A valet out-plays his master at cards and steals his girl—class warfare, French style.
Some, like Ravier de l'Orne are born... masters, but ,like him, do not live up to their rank. Others, like Gustave Morillon, are... born masters, even if, like him, they are valets. Morillon will indeed prove better at bridge than his master and will eventually win the affection of Antonia, a lively foreigner Ravier also coveted.
Acting
Popescu's Antonia sparkles—lively, sharp, nobody's trophy.
Writing
Dialogue slices through social pretension like a dull marquis through champagne.
Director
Paul Mesnier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
1941 French cinema under Occupation often retreated to escapist class comedies—this one bites harder than most beneath the froth.
Elvira Popescu was a Romanian-French star so beloved she had a Paris theatre named after her; her Antonia carries that effortless authority.
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