By the Window(1948)

Overview

Gaston, nicknamed Pilou, has left his native village and Yvette, the girl of his heart, to go to Paris where he has found work as a painter. He is a naive good-natured man who, like most of his fellow-workers, favors a little song or two while he works. For the time being he is busy repainting the exterior of a block of flats and, when he does not sing to pass the time, he looks through the windows, observing the tenants in their daily lives. As time goes by, he goes as far as intervening and changing the course of their lives. In the end, despite having found a lookalike of his fiancée, he returns to her.

Cast & Crew

Bourvil

Gaston 'Pilou'

Suzy Delair

Fernande / Yvette

Michèle Philippe

Renée Laforest

M

Mona Dol

Blanche Duroussy

F

France Ellys

Mrs. Laforest, Renée's mother

André Alerme

Alavoine

R

René Dupuy

Albert Roussel

J

Jean Barrère

Paul

Paul Faivre

Laforest

F

Frédéric Munié

Yvette Andréyor

Clémence

Madeleine Suffel

Concierge

J

Jacques Baumer

Miroud

Roland Armontel

Sabourdin

J

Jean Berton

Agent (uncredited)

Charles Bouillaud

Joseph, concierge (uncredited)

Albert Broquin

Guest at the poster competition (uncredited)

G

Gaby Bruyère

(uncredited)

Palmyre Levasseur

Customer (uncredited)

C

Colette Mareuil

Workshop saleswoman (uncredited)