Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard
1967 · 92 min · ★ 7.0 · Romance, TV Movie, Comedy
Unwilling to marry, Silvia poses as a maid in order to meet the man she is to marry incognito. This will allow her to study the character and behaviour of her fiancé. But the young man resorts to the same stratagem...
Directed by Marcel Bluwal
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Jean-Pierre Cassel Dorante -
Danièle Lebrun Silvia, la promise de Dorante -
Claude Brasseur Arlequin, le faux Dorante -
Françoise Giret Lisette, chambrière de Silvia -
André Luguet M. Orgon, père de Silvia et Mario -
Henri-Jacques Huet Mario, le frère de Silvia
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