Piédalu Works Miracles

{{short description|1952 film}} {{Infobox film | name = Piédalu Works Miracles | image =File:Piédalu Works Miracles.jpg | caption = | director =[[Jean Loubignac]] | producer = [[Emil Flavin]] | based_on = | writer = Jean Loubignac <br> [[Ded Rysel]] | narrator = | starring = [[Ded Rysel]] <br> [[Félix Oudart]] <br> [[Mary Marquet]] | music = [[Henri Bourtayre]] | cinematography = [[René Colas]] | editing =[[Jacques Mavel]] | studio = Optimax Films | distributor = [[Lux Film|Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France]] | released = {{Film date|1952|10|10|df=yes}} | runtime = 90 minutes | country = France | language = French | budget = | gross = }} '''''Piédalu Works Miracles''''' (French: '''''Piédalu fait des miracles''''') is a 1952 French [[comedy film]] directed by [[Jean Loubignac]] and starring [[Ded Rysel]], [[Félix Oudart]] and [[Mary Marquet]].<ref>Rège p.654</ref><ref>Bessy & Chirat p.157</ref><ref name="unifrance">{{cite web|url=https://www.unifrance.org/film/6829/piedalu-fait-des-miracles|title=Piédalu fait des miracles ! de Jean Loubignac (1952)|website=Unifrance|access-date=2024-04-04}}</ref> It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in [[Paris]]. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Louis Le Barbenchon]]. It was one of a trilogy of films featuring the character Piédalu, following on from ''[[Piédalu in Paris]]''.

==Synopsis== In a rural French settlement, the inhabitants are deeply divided over the construction of a new [[swimming pool]]. Both female and male swimming societies claim supremacy over the new pool. It falls to the well-meaning Piédalu to broker a deal between them.

==Cast== * [[Ded Rysel]] as Piédalu * [[Félix Oudart]] * [[Clara Tambour]] * [[Alexandre Rignault]] * [[Mary Marquet]] * [[Marcelle Arnold]] * [[Raymond Cordy]] * [[Claire Olivier]] * [[Jacques Berlioz (actor)|Jacques Berlioz]] * [[Olivier Mathot]] * [[Françoise Soulié]] * [[Albert Duvaleix]] * [[Roger Blin]] * [[Paul Bonifas]] * [[Max Dalban]] * [[René Hell]] * [[René Hiéronimus]] * [[Robert Le Fort]] * [[Charles Lemontier]] * [[Christian Lude]] * [[Julien Maffre]] * [[Alexandre Mihalesco]]

== References == <references/>

== Bibliography == * Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. ''Histoire du cinéma français: 1951–1955''. Pygmalion, 1989. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0159650}}

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