The Elders of Saint-Loup
1950 · 90 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · DIR. Georges Lampin
Overview
Due to financial problems, the boarding-school of Saint-Loup is on the verge of closing its doors. In desperation, Jacquelin, the headmaster, has the idea to invite former students to a fund-raising reunion. Among the alumni, three men whose common point is to have been in love at the time with the headmaster's niece. One is a banker, the second a priest and the last one a globetrotter. All of a sudden, the peace of the assembly is disturbed: Jacquelin's niece has just been murdered.
Dialogue Timeline — 962 lines
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00:02:21 Stop. Goodbye.
00:05:08 We will call it Claude or Claudie.
00:08:00 Mr. Lachenais apologises for not calling you himself...
00:11:55 I knew it.
00:14:28 Come in, you are with us.
00:16:46 Say "thank you".
00:19:32 If I dared to imitate our immortal Bossuet...
00:23:54 How are you?
00:27:51 Present. - Merlin?
00:32:55 I understand you. I jumped this wall 11 years ago.
00:35:02 There have been repairs...
00:37:18 and have been highly successful in life.
00:40:42 Here neither, nothing has changed.
00:43:01 There's something I must tell you...
00:46:33 It's true that we have grown up.
00:48:59 And I saw in your eyes that I had to go.
00:52:23 Allow me.
00:54:56 The millionnaire Laclaux is no more.
00:57:48 And the palettes?
01:05:35 That better?
01:09:35 The less fortunate and the delinquents, I see them every day.
01:13:28 Ernest?
01:16:40 I feel better. Much better.
01:20:31 The elephants.
Cast & Characters
Bernard Blier
Jean Laclaux, ruined banker
François Périer
Charles Merlin
Serge Reggiani
Abbot Paul Forestier
Pierre Larquey
Monsieur Jacquelin
Monique Mélinand
Hélène Laclaux
Odile Versois
Catherine Jacquelin
Charles Vissières
Hippolyte Rossignol, college doorman
Gabriel Gobin
Subileau
Raphaël Patorni
Fourcade
Maurice Régamey
Raboisson
Pierre Mondy
Puy-Tirejol
Michel André
Caille
Jean Sylvère
Abadie
René Berthier
Lahulotte
Serge Grave
Le Guellec
Johnny Chambot
Émile
Pamela Wilde
Barbara
Jacques Denoël
Espérandieu
Robert Pouget
Maréchal
Georgette Anys
Traveler with the child (uncredited)
Jean Berton
First supervisor (uncredited)
Jackie Blanchot
Inspector (uncredited)
Rémi Clary
Newlywed (uncredited)
Georges Demas
Inspector (uncredited)
Robert Doncer
(uncredited)
Lucien Frégis
Inspector Froment (uncredited)
Jacques Gencel
Félix, middle school student (uncredited)
Lucien Guervil
Boutigues (uncredited)
Sophie Leclair
Newlywed (uncredited)
Serge Lecointe
(uncredited)
Marcel Loche
Controller (uncredited)
Albert Malbert
Villager (uncredited)
Dominique Marcas
Villager (uncredited)
Jacques Mauclair
Inspector (uncredited)
Bernard Noël
(uncredited)
Émile Riandreys
College worker (uncredited)
Marcel Rouzé
Inspector (uncredited)
Christian Simon
Ernest (uncredited)
Germaine Stainval
Cleaning lady (uncredited)
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed962
Dialogue density10.7 lines / min
First line00:02:21
Final line01:20:31
Production Record
DirectorGeorges Lampin
LanguageFrench
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