Sylvia and the Ghost

Overview

A teenager becomes fixated on a painting of the handsome suitor who died in a duel for her grandmother's love. On her sixteenth birthday, her father hires three men who pretend to be the ghost of the suitor to entertain her. Little do they know, the ghost of the suitor himself is roaming the castle halls.

Directed by Claude Autant-Lara

Top cast

Odette Joyeux

Sylvie

François Périer

Ramure, thief

Jean Desailly

Frederick

Jacques Tati

Ghost of Alain de Francigny

Pierre Larquey

Baron Edouard

Julien Carette

Hector, butler

Paul Demange

Counsellor

Marguerite Cassan

Marthe

Lise Topart

Girl

Gabrielle Fontan

Marielle

R

Rognoni

Damas, antiques seller

C

Claude Marcy

Countess of Virtues

Louis Salou

Anicet

A

Ana María Cassan

Girl

F

Françoise Paillard

P

Pierre Houssier

Boy

M

Michel Houssier

Boy

J

Jean Gabert

A

Arlette Accart

(uncredited)

A

Aliette du Sire

(uncredited)

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