Tovaritch (film)
Tovaritch is a 1935 French comedy film directed by Jacques Deval and Germain Fried, along with the uncredited Jean Tarride and Victor Trivas, and starring Irène Zilahy, André Lefaur and Marguerite Deval. It is based on the 1933 play Tovarich by Jacques Deval, who also adapted the screenplay. It was shot at the Francoeur Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. In 1937 the play was adapted again into the Hollywood film Tovarich featuring Claudette Colbert and Charles Boyer.

Synopsis
In 1930s Paris two exiled and apparently impoverished White Russian aristocrats General Ouratieff and his wife Tatiana take jobs as domestic servants. Unknown to their new employers, the General has a billions of Francs deposited in the bank which was entrusted to him for safekeeping by the late Tsar during the 1917 Revolution and which he consequently refuses to touch. Things become more complex when the Soviet Commisar Gorotchenko arrives on the scene in pursuit of the money.

Cast
 André Lefaur as General Mikhaïl Ouratieff
 Irène Zilahy as Tatiana Ouratieff
 André Alerme as Mr Arbeziah
 Pierre Renoir as Gorotchenko
 Pierre Palau as L'hôtelier
 Marguerite Deval as Mme Arbeziah
 Junie Astor as Augustine
 Jean Forest as Georges
 Germaine Michel as La cusinière
 Ariane Borg as Hélène
 Georges Mauloy as Chauffourier-Dubief
 Wina Winfried as Lady Carrigan
 Camille Bert as Comte Breginsky
 Louis-Ferdinand Céline as Un figurant

References

Bibliography
 Alonso, Harriet Hyman. Robert E. Sherwood: The Playwright in Peace and War. University of Massachusetts Press, 2007.
 Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

1935 films
French comedy films
1930s French-language films
French films based on plays
Films based on works by Jacques Deval
Films set in Paris
Films shot in Paris
1935 comedy films
French black-and-white films
1930s French films
Films shot at Francoeur Studios