The Bureaucrats (French: Messieurs les ronds de cuir) is a 1936 French comedy film directed by Yves Mirande and starring Lucien Baroux, Pierre Larquey and Gabriel Signoret. It was remade as 1959 film of the same title.
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Plot
The film, which is a satire of government bureaucracy, is about public servants who spend so much time sitting in their office chairs that they need to order special cushions for their buttocks. The premise is referenced in the original French title Messieurs les ronds de cuir, which translates into Men with the leather circles, alludes to.
Cast
Lucien Baroux as Lahrier
Pierre Larquey as Le conservateur
Gabriel Signoret as M. Soupe
Saturnin Fabre as Le tondu
Roger Duchesne as Chavarax
Jean Tissier as Nègre
Josette Day as Mme Chavarax
Arletty as La belle-soeur de la hourmerie
Armand Lurville as La Hourmerie
Georges Bever as Ovide
André Numès Fils as Sainthomme
Betty Spell as Mlle de Rocroy
Jeanne Véniat as Mme La Hourmerie
Paul Faivre as Van der Hogen
Emile Saulieu as Le concierge
Léonce Corne as Le chef du service des expéditions
Simone Chobillon
Production
The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux.