# Crazy for Love > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Crazy_for_Love > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Crazy_for_Love.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_for_Love > Source revision: 1341453657 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1952 film Crazy for Love Directed by Jean Boyer Written by Jean Boyer Arlette de Pitray Produced by Jacques Bar Starring Bourvil Jane Marken Brigitte Bardot Cinematography Charles Suin Edited by Fanchette Mazin Music by Paul Misraki Production company Cité Films Distributed by Victory Films Release date 7 November 1952 (1952-11-07) Running time 85 minutes Country France Language French Box office 3,915,583 admissions (France)[1] ***Crazy for Love*** (French: ***Le Trou normand***) is a 1952 French [comedy film](/source/Comedy_film) directed by [Jean Boyer](/source/Jean_Boyer_(director)) and starring [Bourvil](/source/Bourvil), [Jane Marken](/source/Jane_Marken) and, in one of her first appearances, [Brigitte Bardot](/source/Brigitte_Bardot).[2][3] [Location shooting](/source/Location_shooting) took place around [Conches-en-Ouche](/source/Conches-en-Ouche) in [Normandy](/source/Normandy). The film's sets were designed by the [art director](/source/Art_director) [Robert Giordani](/source/Robert_Giordani). The film's French title is a reference to an [aperitif](/source/Aperitif) of [calvados](/source/Calvados) drunk between meals, which also features as the name of the film's disputed [tavern](/source/Tavern). ## Synopsis The naive, simpleton countrymen Hippolyte inherits his uncle's [inn](/source/Inn) in [Normandy](/source/Normandy) on the condition that he gain his [primary school](/source/Primary_school) certificate. However his aunt Augustine, who stands to inherit if he does not, sets out to thwart his attempts to do so. ## Cast - [Bourvil](/source/Bourvil) as Hippolyte Lemoine - [Jane Marken](/source/Jane_Marken) as Augustine Lemoine - [Brigitte Bardot](/source/Brigitte_Bardot) as Javotte Lemoine - [Jeanne Fusier-Gir](/source/Jeanne_Fusier-Gir) as Maria Courtaine - [Roger Pierre](/source/Roger_Pierre) as Jean Marco - [Pierre Larquey](/source/Pierre_Larquey) as Testu - [Nadine Basile](/source/Nadine_Basile) as Madeleine Pichet - [Noël Roquevert](/source/No%C3%ABl_Roquevert) as Dr. Aubert - [Jacques Deray](/source/Jacques_Deray) as Duval - [Georges Baconnet](/source/Georges_Baconnet) as Pichet - [Albert Duvaleix](/source/Albert_Duvaleix) as Le notaire - [Marcel Charvey](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marcel_Charvey&action=edit&redlink=1) as L'automobiliste snob - [Florence Michael](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Florence_Michael&action=edit&redlink=1) as Louisette - [Janine Clairville](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Janine_Clairville&action=edit&redlink=1) as La serveuse de la charcuterie - [René Worms](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ren%C3%A9_Worms_(actor)&action=edit&redlink=1) as Le préfet - [Léon Berton](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=L%C3%A9on_Berton&action=edit&redlink=1) as Le clerc - [André Dalibert](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andr%C3%A9_Dalibert&action=edit&redlink=1) as Firmin, un paysan - [Marcel Meral](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marcel_Meral&action=edit&redlink=1) as Un paysan - [Jean-Pierre Lorrain](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jean-Pierre_Lorrain&action=edit&redlink=1) as Un paysan ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [*Le Trou Normand*](https://web.archive.org/web/20200805164321/http://www.boxofficestory.com/le-trou-normand-bourvil-box-office-1952-a91179185) box office information, at Box Office Story 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Lanzoni p.157 1. **[^](#cite_ref-bar_3-0)** Vagg, Stephen (29 December 2025). ["Brigitte Bardot: Ten Films Worth Watching"](https://www.filmink.com.au/brigitte-bardot-ten-films-worth-watching/). *Filmink*. Retrieved 29 December 2025. ## Bibliography - Lanzoni, Rémi Fournier . *French Cinema: From Its Beginnings to the Present*. A&C Black, 2004. ## External links - [*Crazy for Love*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045265/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by Jean Boyer Calais-Dover (1931) Monsieur, Madame and Bibi (1932) Antonia (1935) Counsel for Romance (1936) On the Road (1936) Mother Love (1938) My Priest Among the Rich (1938) Cocoanut (1939) Extenuating Circumstances (1939) Miquette (1940) Serenade (1940) The Acrobat (1941) Romance of Paris (1941) Frederica (1942) Prince Charming (1942) At Your Command, Madame (1942) Bolero (1942) The Lucky Star (1943) The Devil Goes to Boarding School (1944) That's Not the Way to Die (1946) The Adventures of Casanova (1947) Mademoiselle Has Fun (1948) All Roads Lead to Rome (1949) Brilliant Waltz (1949) The Prize (1950) We Will All Go to Paris (1950) Mr. Peek-a-Boo (1951) Monte Carlo Baby (1951) An Artist with Ladies (1952) Crazy for Love (1952) Women of Paris (1953) A Hundred Francs a Second (1953) My Seven Little Sins (1954) The Country of the Campanelli (1954) Madelon (1955) The Terror with Women (1956) Fernandel the Dressmaker (1956) Mademoiselle and Her Gang (1957) Sénéchal the Magnificent (1957) The Lord's Vineyard (1958) Nina (1959) The Indestructible (1959) It's Not My Business (1962) Virginie (1962) The Bamboo Stroke (1963) Relax Darling (1964) This article related to a French comedy film of the 1950s is a stub. 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