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...
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| Anny Duperey as
Agathe Bodard and Pierre Mondy as
François Morel |
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| Danielle Minazzoli
as Pauline and Pierre Richard as
Alfred Dhumonttyé |
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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
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| Pierre Richard as
Alfred Dhumonttyé and Anny Duperey as
Agathe Bodard |
"Les Malheurs d'Alfred" French Trailer (1972)