A Moroccan travel agent, two detectives, and the 1937 Paris Expo—what could possibly go wrong? Everything, darling.
Set against the backdrop of the 1937 Paris Exposition, a mistaken identity plot where a travel agent from Morocco is confused by the French police with a dangerous swindler.
Acting
Frédéric Duvallès' perfect comic timing as the perpetually confused Perfecto.
Production
Rare glimpse of 1937 Paris Exposition as actual filming location.
Director
Ernest Hajos
Frédéric Duvallès
Perfecto
Jacqueline Pacaud
Marie
Julien Carette
The first detective
Myno Burney
Dolorès
Annie Cariel
Pauline Carton
The landlady
Raymond Cordy
Goléar
Georges Douking
The second detective
Pierre Etchepare
The director
Marcel Mouloudji
Paul Ollivier
Félix Oudart
Bouvier
Robert Ralphy
Nicolas Rimsky
Pierre Sergeol
Sanders
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Filmed during the actual 1937 Paris Exposition, making it a time capsule of Art Deco optimism months before Europe's descent into WWII.
Director Ernest Hajos fled Hungary for France, then vanished from film history—this near-lost comedy may be his only surviving feature.
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