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Farewell Mister Grock is a french film of genre Drama directed by Pierre Billon with Héléna Manson
Farewell Mister Grock (1950)
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Add to a movie listClear the Ring, French title Au revoir M. Grock (English: Farewell Mr Grock), is a French comedy drama film from 1950, directed by Pierre Billon, written by Christian-Falaize, and starring Grock and Louis de Funès. The German title of the film is Grock: Der Mann der die Welt zum Lachen brachte or Manege frei.
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La vie d'Adrien Wettach, célèbre dans les annales du cirque sous le nom de Grock, clown suisse mondialement connu. Une suite d'images d'Épinal, retraçant la carrière d'un artiste européen, s'inscrivant dans le cadre de l'histoire mondiale. Beaucoup d'enfants, des guerres, une comtesse russe excentrique, la comtesse Barinoff, qui vieillit en admirant le clown, et une très longue chicane à propos d'un mur mitoyen, servent à mettre en valeur le numéro final de la vedette.Actors
Héléna Manson
(Aunt Pauline)
Charles Lemontier
(Mr. Durand)
Suzy Prim
(Countess Barinoff)
Maurice Régamey
(Bourquain)
Made Siamé
(Waitress (uncredited))
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