Doctor Laennec
Directed by	Maurice Cloche
Written by	Maurice Cloche Jean Bernard-Luc
Produced by	Maurice Cloche
Starring	Pierre Blanchar Saturnin Fabre Mireille Perrey
Cinematography	Claude Renoir
Edited by	Renée Gary
Music by	Jean-Jacques Grünenwald
Production companies	Interfrance Film Les Films Maurice Cloche
Distributed by	A.I.C.
Release date	17 June 1949
Running time	95 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Doctor Laennec (French: Docteur Laennec) is a 1949 French historical drama film directed by Maurice Cloche and starring Pierre Blanchar, Saturnin Fabre and Mireille Perrey. ^[1] It portrays the work of René Laennec, the inventor of the stethoscope.

The film's art direction was by Robert-Jules Garnier and René Renoux.

Cast

• Pierre Blanchar as Dr. René, Théophile Laennec
• Saturnin Fabre as Laennec père
• Mireille Perrey as Jacquemine d'Argout-Laennec
• Pierre Dux as Prof. Récamier
• Jany Holt as Madeleine Bayle
• Geymond Vital as Dr. Pierre Bayle
• Janine Viénot as Marie-Anne Laennec
• Jean Toulout as Docteur Broussais
• Jacques Dynam as Meriadec
• Lannier as Docteur Louis
• Florent Antony as Beaugendre
• Francette Vernillat as La fille du Docteur Bayle
• Nicolas Amato
• Charles Bouillaud as Un domestique
• René Clermont as Le mime
• Paul Demage as Le client enrhumé
• France Descaut as Clarisse d'Anthiages
• Christian Duvaleix as Le charlatan
• Guy Favières as Le vieillard
• Georges Galley
• Léon Larive as Un médecin
• Palmyre Levasseur as Angélique
• Henri Maïk
• Raphaël Patorni as Un malade
• Georges Paulais as Un médecin
• Marcelle Praince as La duchesse
• Nicole Riche as La moribonde
• Max Rogerys
• Lina Roxa
• Eliane Salmon
• Evelyne Salmon
• Charles Vissières as L'éditeur

References

Bibliography

• Crisp, C.G. The classic French cinema, 1930-1960. Indiana University Press, 1993

External links

• Doctor Laennec at IMDb

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