The Story of a Little Parisian

The Story of a Little Parisian
Directed by	Augusto Genina
Written by	Jane Bess Pierre Soulaine
Produced by	Seymour Nebenzal
Starring	Carmen Boni
Cinematography	Victor Arménise Friedl Behn-Grund
Music by	Hansheinrich Dransmann
Production companies	Nero Film Société des Cinéromans
Distributed by	National Film (Germany)
Release date	26 January 1928 (1928-01-26)
Countries	France Germany Italy
Languages	Silent Italian intertitles

The Story of a Little Parisian (French: Totte et sa chance, German: Der Sprung ins Glück, Italian: La storia di una piccola Parigina) is a 1928 silent film directed by Augusto Genina.^[1] It was made as a co-production between France, Germany and Italy. The film was created in conjunction with Maurice Yvain's operetta Yes; a stage work which shares the same story as the film and which starred French singer and actress Arletty as Totte. Both works simultaneously premiered in Paris on January 26, 1928.^[2]

The film's art direction was by Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle.

Cast

• Carmen Boni as Totte
• André Roanne as Renato Gavard
• Hermann Vallentin as Gavards Vater
• Carla Bartheel as Nénesse
• Lya Christy as Lucette
• Hans Junkermann as Ein alter Graf
• Magnus Stifter as Diener
• Oreste Bilancia as Loysel, Sekretär
• Max Lentlos as Julien, Friseur
• Ossip Darmatow as Lebemann
• Loni Nest as Lehrmädchen
• Anton Pointner
• Angelo Ferrari
• Rosa Valetti

References

1. Parish p.52
2. Le giornate del cinema muto; Pordenone 4-11 ottobre 2008, XXVII edizione. Teatro comunale Giuseppe Verdi : 27th Pordenone silent film festival. 2008. p. 52.

Bibliography

• Parish, James Robert. Film Actors Guide. Scarecrow Press, 1977.

External links

• The Story of a Little Parisian at IMDb