Adam Is Eve (French: Adam est... Ève) is a 1954 French comedy film directed by René Gaveau and starring Michèle Carvel, Jean Carmet and Thérèse Dorny. It is based on the 1952 novel of the same name by Francis Didelot and was the first French film that covered sex change.
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Synopsis
Charles Beaumont is finishing his national service and is engaged to be married. After taking part in a boxing match he increasingly feels strange sensations and goes to consult a doctor. He is transformed into Charlotte, a young woman. Unwilling to tell his family or fiancée, he disappears and earns a living dancing in a nude cabaret show.
Cast
Michèle Carvel as Charles / Charlotte Beaumont
Jean Carmet as Gaston
Thérèse Dorny as Mme Beaumont
Mireille Perrey as Mme Corinne
Antoine Balpêtré as Dr. Charman
Anouk Ferjac as Claire
Antoinette Moya as Adeline Beaumont
Robert Lombard as Alphonse
Robert Rocca as Léon
Gilbert Guiraud as Lucien
René Blancard as M Beaumont
Jean Tissier as M Lapopie
Georges Bever as Le garçon
Fransined as Le brigadier
Claire Gérard as La concierge
François Joux as La pâte brisée
Michel Nastorg as Le maître d'hôtel
André Numès Fils as Le commissaire
René Berthier as Le portier