Summary Mathias Pascal, saddled with a stupid wife and a nagging mother-in-law, leaves home and is extremely lucky at several gambling resorts. He returns home and discovers that a drowned man, fished out of the river, bears an uncanny likeness to him and is being buried by his family as him. This, to him, is a pleasant turn of events and he goes to Rome, where he falls in love with Louise Paleari. Count Papiano, a jealous suitor of Louise's, threatens him with arrest unless he produces credentials to prove his identity. View more details
Directed : Pierre Chenal
Written : Pierre Chenal Luigi Pirandello Christian Stengel
Stars : Ginette Leclerc Pierre Blanchar Isa Miranda Catherine Fonteney
Genres : Drama
Release date : Feb 18, 1937
Countries of origin : Italy France
Language : French
Filming locations : Cines Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Production companies : Général Productions Ala-Colosseum Film
Summary Mathias Pascal, saddled with a stupid wife and a nagging mother-in-law, leaves home and is extremely lucky at several gambling resorts. He returns home and discovers that a drowned man, fished out of the river, bears an uncanny likeness to him and is being buried by his family as him. This, to him, is a pleasant turn of events and he goes to Rome, where he falls in love with Louise Paleari. Count Papiano, a jealous suitor of Louise's, threatens him with arrest unless he produces credentials to prove his identity. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Feb 18, 1937
Countries of origin : Italy France
Language : French
Filming locations : Cines Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Production companies : Général Productions Ala-Colosseum Film
