---
title: 'The Grand Maneuver (1955)'
type: 'film'
director: 'René Clair'
released: '1955-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 107
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-grand-maneuver-1955'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048133/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Grand Maneuver (1955)

1955 · 107 min · Drama, Comedy, Romance · France, Italy

Original title: Les Grandes Manœuvres

## Synopsis

The Grand Maneuver is a 1955 French comedy-drama romance film written and directed by René Clair, and starring Michèle Morgan and Gérard Philipe. It was released in the United Kingdom and Ireland as Summer Manoeuvres, and in the United States under the title The Grand Maneuver. It is a romantic comedy-drama set in a French provincial town just before World War I, and it was René Clair's first film to be made in colour.

## Credits

- **Director:** [René Clair](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-clair)
- **Screenplay:** [René Clair](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-clair), [Jean Marsan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-marsan)
- **Producer:** [René Clair](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-clair)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Georges Van Parys](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-van-parys)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robert Lefebvre](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-lefebvre)
- **Editor:** [Louisette Hautecoeur](https://cinepixo.com/people/louisette-hautecoeur)

## Cast

- [Hélène Duc](https://cinepixo.com/people/helene-duc)
- [Viviane Gosset](https://cinepixo.com/people/viviane-gosset)
- [Pierre Palau](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-palau)
- [Daniel Sorano](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-sorano)
- [Pierre Dux](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-dux)
- [Anne-Marie Mersen](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-marie-mersen)
- [Paul Faivre](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-faivre)
- [Gabrielle Fontan](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabrielle-fontan)
- [Colette Castel](https://cinepixo.com/people/colette-castel)
- [Paul Préboist](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-preboist)
- [Pierre Roussel](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-roussel)
- [Arlette Thomas](https://cinepixo.com/people/arlette-thomas)
- [Lise Delamare](https://cinepixo.com/people/lise-delamare)
- [Robert Thomas](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-thomas)
- [Georges Bever](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-bever)

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