The Man Who Played with Fire

105 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrench

The Man Who Played with Fire (French: L'homme qui joue avec le feu) is a 1942 French romantic drama film directed by Jean de Limur and starring Ginette Leclerc, Jacqueline Laurent and Aimé Clariond.^{[1] [2]} The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert-Jules Garnier.

A well-meaning wealthy man Monsieur Desert decides to try and cure men and woman of heartaches in love. He establishes a retreat for them in the grounds of a country estate and with the assistance of his grandson Bernard attempts to watch over them to cure them of love. However, things do not go according to plan.

• Ginette Leclerc as Clara
• Jacqueline Laurent as Mireille
• Aimé Clariond as Monsieur Desert
• Georges Marchal as Bernard
• Jean Davy as Jacques
• Marthe Mellot as Madame des Perthuis
• Germaine Kerjean as Madame Suzanne
• Régine Poncet as La femme
• Georges Vitray as Lebergier
• Georges Jamin as L'homme douteux
• Sophie Desmarets as Gabrielle
• Lucien Leblanc as Léon
• Liliane Lesaffre as La malade
• André Lorière as Monsieur Blanche
• Albert Malbert as Le clochard
• Frédéric Mariotti as Le garçon de café

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• The Man Who Played with Fire at IMDb