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Boudu Saved from Drowning

6.919321h 24mMovieComedy

Michel Simon gives one of the most memorable performances in screen history as Boudu, a Parisian tramp who takes a suicidal plunge into the Seine and is rescued by a well-to-do bookseller, Edouard Lestingois. The Lestingois family decides…

DirectorJean Renoir
WritersJean Renoir·Albert Valentin
ProducerMichel Simon

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Cast · Directed by Jean Renoir

MSMichel Simon
Michel Simon
Priape Boudu
MHMarcelle Hainia
Marcelle Hainia
Emma Lestingois
SLSévérine Lerczinska
Sévérine Lerczinska
Chloë Anne Marie, la Bonne
JGJean Gehret
Jean Gehret
Vigour
MDMax Dalban
Max Dalban
Godin
JDJean Dasté
Jean Dasté
L'Étudiant
CGCharles Granval
Charles Granval
Édouard Lestingois
GCGeneviève Cadix
Geneviève Cadix
la petite fille
JBJacques Becker
Jacques Becker
Le Poète (uncredited)
GDGeorges D'Arnoux
Georges D'Arnoux
Un Invité à la Noce (uncredited)
RLRégine Lutèce
Régine Lutèce
la jeune femme au chien perdu
JPJane Pierson
Jane Pierson
Rose, la Voisine (uncredited)

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Boudu Saved from Drowning is streaming on Criterion Channel, Darkroom and Mometu in United States. It's not currently on Netflix.

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No, Boudu Saved from Drowning is not on Netflix in United States as of September 2026. It's currently on Criterion Channel and Darkroom.

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