Service Entrance (1954 film)

Films Paul Wagner

Industry	Film production
Headquarters	Paris , France
Parent	Gaumont

Service Entrance (French title: Escalier de service) is a 1954 French comedy-drama film both directed and scripted by Carlo Rim. The movie features performances by Etchika Choureau, Danielle Darrieux, and Robert Lamoureux. It was produced through a collaboration between Films Paul Wagner and Gaumont, with the visual environments crafted by art director Serge Piménoff. Production occurred at Billancourt Studios in Paris, alongside on-site shooting at the Louvre Museum.

Synopsis

Marie-Lou (Etchika Choureau), a young woman enduring difficult times, shares with a group of street photographers the tale of how she lost five jobs as a housemaid due to unfortunate events. Her challenges are further intensified when the artist she loves is taken into custody.

Cast

• Etchika Choureau portraying Marie-Lou
• Danielle Darrieux as Béatrice Berthier
• Robert Lamoureux in the role of François Berthier
• Sophie Desmarets playing Madame Dumény
• Jean Richard as Jules Béchard
• Saturnin Fabre cast as Monsieur Delecluze
• Mischa Auer in the role of Nicolas Pouchkoff
• Alfred Adam as Le cousin Albert
• Junie Astor playing Aline Béchard
• Louis de Funès as Cesare Grimaldi, the Italian artist father
• Marc Cassot portraying Benvenuto Grimaldi, his painter son
• as Carlotta Grimaldi, daughter
• Andréa Parisy as the second daughter of the Grimaldi family
• Marthe Mercadier in the role of Hortense Van de Putte
• Héléna Manson as Madame Delecluze
• Jacques Morel playing Georges Dumény
• Yves Robert cast as Courbessac
• Jean-Marc Thibault in the role of Léopold "Léo"
• Anne Roudier portraying Madame Grimaldi
• Albert Michel as sexton and friend to Grimaldi
• Fernand Sardou performing as Scarfatti, the Louvre conservator
• Claire Gérard in the role of Victorine, street-sweeper at the Louvre
• Additional supporting actors include René Hell, Sylvain Levignac, Palmyre Levasseur, Rudy Lenoir, René Lefebvre-Bel, Claude Sylvain, and Estella Blain.

Bibliography

• Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

• Escalier de service (1954) at Films de France