# Piédalu Works Miracles > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pi%C3%A9dalu_Works_Miracles > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pi%C3%A9dalu_Works_Miracles.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi%C3%A9dalu_Works_Miracles > Source revision: 1341455209 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1952 film Piédalu Works Miracles Directed by Jean Loubignac Written by Jean Loubignac Ded Rysel Produced by Emil Flavin Starring Ded Rysel Félix Oudart Mary Marquet Cinematography René Colas Edited by Jacques Mavel Music by Henri Bourtayre Production company Optimax Films Distributed by Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France Release date 10 October 1952 (1952-10-10) Running time 90 minutes Country France Language French ***Piédalu Works Miracles*** (French: ***Piédalu fait des miracles***) is a 1952 French [comedy film](/source/Comedy_film) directed by [Jean Loubignac](/source/Jean_Loubignac) and starring [Ded Rysel](/source/Ded_Rysel), [Félix Oudart](/source/F%C3%A9lix_Oudart) and [Mary Marquet](/source/Mary_Marquet).[1][2][3] It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in [Paris](/source/Paris). The film's sets were designed by the [art director](/source/Art_director) [Louis Le Barbenchon](/source/Louis_Le_Barbenchon). It was one of a trilogy of films featuring the character Piédalu, following on from *[Piédalu in Paris](/source/Pi%C3%A9dalu_in_Paris)*. ## Synopsis In a rural French settlement, the inhabitants are deeply divided over the construction of a new [swimming pool](/source/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](/source/Ded_Rysel) as Piédalu - [Félix Oudart](/source/F%C3%A9lix_Oudart) - [Clara Tambour](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clara_Tambour&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Alexandre Rignault](/source/Alexandre_Rignault) - [Mary Marquet](/source/Mary_Marquet) - [Marcelle Arnold](/source/Marcelle_Arnold) - [Raymond Cordy](/source/Raymond_Cordy) - [Claire Olivier](/source/Claire_Olivier) - [Jacques Berlioz](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jacques_Berlioz_(actor)&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Olivier Mathot](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Olivier_Mathot&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Françoise Soulié](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fran%C3%A7oise_Souli%C3%A9&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Albert Duvaleix](/source/Albert_Duvaleix) - [Roger Blin](/source/Roger_Blin) - [Paul Bonifas](/source/Paul_Bonifas) - [Max Dalban](/source/Max_Dalban) - [René Hell](/source/Ren%C3%A9_Hell) - [René Hiéronimus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ren%C3%A9_Hi%C3%A9ronimus&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Robert Le Fort](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Le_Fort&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Charles Lemontier](/source/Charles_Lemontier) - [Christian Lude](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christian_Lude&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Julien Maffre](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Julien_Maffre&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Alexandre Mihalesco](/source/Alexandre_Mihalesco) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Rège p.654 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Bessy & Chirat p.157 1. **[^](#cite_ref-unifrance_3-0)** ["Piédalu fait des miracles ! de Jean Loubignac (1952)"](https://www.unifrance.org/film/6829/piedalu-fait-des-miracles). *Unifrance*. Retrieved 2024-04-04. ## 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 - [*Piédalu Works Miracles*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159650/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) This article related to a French comedy film of the 1950s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:1950s-France-comedy-film-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3A1950s-France-comedy-film-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1950s-France-comedy-film-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Piédalu Works Miracles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi%C3%A9dalu_Works_Miracles) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi%C3%A9dalu_Works_Miracles?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.