1972, Film: "Les Malheurs d'Alfred"

The French comedy "Les Malheurs d'Alfred" ("The Troubles of Alfred") premieres on 8 March 1972 in France. The film was directed and co-written by the major star Pierre Richard. Other stars are Anny Duperey, Pierre Mondy and Jean Carmet.

Synopsis

Alfred Dhumonttyé (Pierre Richard), a young architect, has been unlucky since his childhood. Everything he undertakes is doomed to fail. After another fiasco, one evening Alfred decides to commit suicide by throwing himself into the water in a canal in Paris. By an extraordinary coincidence, the same day at the same time and place, Agathe Bodard (Anny Duperey), a depressive television presenter, had the same idea...

Anny Duperey as Agathe Bodard and Pierre Mondy as François Morel

Danielle Minazzoli as Pauline and Pierre Richard as Alfred Dhumonttyé

Pierre Mondy as François Morel, Pierre Richard as Alfred Dhumonttyé and
Anny Duperey as Agathe Bodard

Main cast

• Pierre Richard as Alfred Dhumonttyé
• Anny Duperey as Agathe Bodard
• Jean Carmet as Paul
• Paul Préboist as the peasant
• Paul Le Person as the policeman
• Mario David as Kid Barrantin
• Francis Lax as Boggy
• Yves Robert as the Parisian TV viewer
• Robert Dalban as Gustave
• Marco Perrin as Orlandi
• Pierre Mondy as François Morel
• Evelyne Buyle as Lucrèce
• Danielle Minazzoli as Pauline

Pierre Richard as Alfred Dhumonttyé and Anny Duperey as Agathe Bodard

"Les Malheurs d'Alfred" French Trailer (1972)