The Secret of Polichinelle
1936, French. Directed by André Berthomieu.
Secret de Polichinelle roughly translates as Open Secret. The "secret" in question is an illegitimate child, the offspring of young-and-foolish Henri (Bernard Lacret). The baby is adopted by its grandparents, Monsieur and Madame Jouvenol (Raimu and Francoise Rosay). At first taking charge of the child because it is their duty, the Jouvenols come to love the little nipper as if he were their own son. At this point, the film threatens to drown in a morass of sentiment, but the actors and the director manage to stem the bathos with some first-rate comedy vignettes revolving around the care and feeding of the bouncing baby boy.
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- 1h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
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- French
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- 7 February 1936
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- Le Secret de Polichinelle
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The Secret of Polichinelle runs 90 minutes (1h 30m).
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The Secret of Polichinelle isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 7 February 1936. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Secret of Polichinelle?
The Secret of Polichinelle (1936) was directed by André Berthomieu and stars Raimu, Françoise Rosay, André Alerme.