Shop Girls of Paris
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Shop Girls of Paris or The Ladies' Delight (French: Au Bonheur des Dames) is a 1943 French historical drama film directed by André Cayatte and starring Michel Simon, Albert Préjean and Blanchette Brunoy.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1883 novel Au Bonheur des Dames by Émile Zola.
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Directed by | André Cayatte |
Screenplay by | André Cayatte André Legrand Michel Duran |
Based on | Au Bonheur des Dames by Émile Zola |
Produced by | Alfred Greven |
Starring | Michel Simon Albert Préjean Blanchette Brunoy |
Cinematography | Armand Thirard |
Edited by | Gérard Bensdorp |
Music by | Louis Sédrat |
Production companies | Continental Films Panitalia |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
Country | France |
The film was made by the German-backed company Continental Films. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris with location filming taking place at the Bon Marché department store. The film's sets were created by the art director Andrej Andrejew. The costumes were designed by Rosine Delamare
It was the second film adaptation of Zola's Au Bonheur des Dames in a French production, after Au Bonheur des Dames by Julien Duvivier in 1930 (Lupu Pick had directed a German adaptation in 1922).