The Green Dress (1937)

Name: The Green Dress
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1937-10-27

1h 49m

Running Time

Plot.

Count Hubert de Latour Latour is the lover of the Duchess de Maulévrier. The day he is surprised by the Duke in the company of his wife and... in a rather compromising situation, Hubert resorts to a subterfuge, claiming that he has come to see the Duchess to seek support to be elected at the Institut de France, whose chairman is precisely her husband. The latter takes him at his word and Hubert becomes... a member of the French Academy! Which just shows that everything leads to everything.

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Details.

Release Date
October 27, 1937

Original Name
L'Habit vert

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 49m

Genres
Comedy

Last updated: 2025-01-03

Wiki.

The Green Jacket (French: L'habit vert) is a 1937 French comedy film directed by Roger Richebé and starring Elvire Popesco, Victor Boucher and Jules Berry. It is based on a play by Gaston Arman de Caillavet and Robert de Flers. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne.

The film is a farce set against the backdrop of the Académie française.