Boudu Saved from Drowning

Michel Simon gives one of the most memorable performances in screen history as Boudu, a Parisian tramp who takes a suicidal plunge into the Seine and is rescued by a well-to-do bookseller, Edouard Lestingois. The Lestingois family decides to take in the irrepressible bum, and he shows his gratitude by shaking the household to its foundations. With Boudu Saved from Drowning, legendary director Jean Renoir takes advantage of a host of Parisian locations and the anarchic charms of his lead actor to create an effervescent satire of the bourgeoisie.

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  Michel Simon

  Priape Boudu
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  Marcelle Hainia

  Emma Lestingois
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  Sévérine Lerczinska

  Chloë Anne Marie, la Bonne
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  Jean Gehret

  Vigour
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  Max Dalban

  Godin
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  Jean Dasté

  L'Étudiant
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  Charles Granval

  Édouard Lestingois
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  Geneviève Cadix

  la petite fille
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  Jacques Becker

  Le Poète (uncredited)
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  Georges D'Arnoux

  Un Invité à la Noce (uncredited)