Napoleon Road (French: La route Napoléon) is a 1953 French comedy film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Pierre Fresnay, Henri Vilbert and Claude Laydu. It was partly shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Serge Piménoff. Synopsis A chancer organises a series of package tours along a route said to have been taken by Napoleon in 1815 when in fact the Emperor never set foot there. The local inhabitants back up his story as they hope to cash in on the tourist boom. Cast Pierre Fresnay as Édouard Martel Henri Vilbert as Blaise Claude Laydu as Pierre Marchand René Génin as Le curé Mireille Ozy as Stella Raphaël Patorni as Bonvent Fernand Sardou as Le maire de Bourg-sur-Bléone Henri Arius as Le boucher Fransined as Le pharmacien Nicolas Amato as Figuières Maurice Bénard as Le ministre Pierrette Caillol as La femme dudocteur Lucien Callamand as Sabatier- le garde-champêtre Serge Davin as Cabanis - le coiffeur Germaine de France as Madame Martel Jean Landier as Emery Julien Maffre as Un habitant Denise Precheur as Une employée Annie Roudier as Delphine Hélène Tossy as La postière Edmond Verva as Le père du jeune Victor Claude Laydu as Pierre Marchand Jean Panisse as Raphaël Marie Albe as Clarisse - la journaliste References External links 1953 films 1953 comedy films 1950s French-language films Films directed by Jean Delannoy Films with screenplays by Roland Laudenbach French comedy films French black-and-white films Pathé films Films shot at Billancourt Studios Films set in Paris 1950s French films