Top Cast
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Jean Forest
Antoine "Gribiche" Belot
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Françoise Rosay
Edith Maranet
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Cécile Guyon
Anna Belot
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Rolla Norman
Phillipe Gavary
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Armand Dufour
Le chauffeur
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Alice Tissot
L'institutrice
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Charles Barrois
Marcelin
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Victor Vina
Drunkard
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Andrée Canti
La gouvernante
Overview
Gribiche, a young boy whose mother is a war widow, gets adopted by a rich woman. She wants to turn him into a perfect gentleman, but soon he feels unhappy.
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