- Source: Dora Nelson (1935 film)
Dora Nelson is a 1935 French comedy film directed by René Guissart and starring Elvira Popescu, André Lefaur and Frédéric Duvallès. The film was based on a play by Louis Verneuil. In 1939 it was remade as an Italian film of the same title.
Synopsis
A leading film star abandons the picture she is working on, and elopes with her lover to Italy. The desperate filmmakers recruit a poor woman who strongly resembles her to take her place.
Partial cast
Elvira Popescu as Dora Nelson et Suzanne Verdier
André Lefaur as Philippe de Moreuil
Frédéric Duvallès as Étienne Beaupertuis
Micheline Cheirel as Yvonne de Moreuil
Julien Carette as Fouchard
Paule Andral as Madame de Chantalard
Annie Carriel as Madame d'Aubigny
Jenny Burnay as Elsa
Andrée Champeaux as Célestine
Clara d'Arc as Huguette
References
Bibliography
Gundle, Stephen. Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghahn Books, 2013.
External links
Dora Nelson at IMDb