Noah's Ark (1947)

7.5/10 • 97 min • Drama Comedy

Overview

Bitru is a carefree fellow who, one day, decides to buy a houseboat on the River Seine. He moves there and starts living surrounded by a circle of colorful friends. Among them, the daughter of an auto maker but also a group of scientists who have developed "Aqua Simplex", a device that could enable motorists to fill their tanks with... water ! Panic sets in in the automobile industry and Bitru is appointed his friends' middle man to represent them on the various car makers directors' boards.

Cast

Pierre Brasseur

Bitru

Claude Larue

Alice

Jacqueline Pierreux

Solange

Georges Rollin

Noël

Armand Bernard

Baron Hugues Casenove

André Alerme

Paul Pelpail

Jane Marken

Christine Pelpail

Roland Armontel

Verneuil

Yves Deniaud

Maclou

Pierre Sergeol

Labrize

Albert Broquin

Huckster (uncredited)

Maurice Chevit

Cartoonist (uncredited)

Édouard Francomme

Passerby (uncredited)

Fabien Loris

Chauffeur (uncredited)

Albert Malbert

Doorman (uncredited)

Franck Maurice

Passerby (uncredited)

Henri Niel

Representative of the board of directors (uncredited)

Maurice Schutz

Representative of the board of directors (uncredited)

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