A Rare Bird (French: Un oiseau rare) is a 1935 French comedy film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Pierre Brasseur, Max Dearly and Monique Rolland.^[1] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Hubert and Jacques Krauss. It is based on the 1934 novel Three Men in the Snow by Erich Kästner.^[2]

A millionaire and a craftsman both win a competition to design a new slogan and win a stay at a hotel in a ski resort, but a series of misunderstandings lead to the two being confused for each other.

• Pierre Brasseur as Jean Berthier
• Max Dearly as Melleville
• Monique Rolland as Renée
• Charles Dechamps as Le directeur de l'hôtel
• Jean Tissier as Mascaret
• Madeleine Guitty as Léonie
• Henri Vilbert as Grégoire
• Claire Gérard as Mme Berthier
• Pierre Larquey as Valentin
• Marcel Duhamel as Le baron Tourtau
• Madeleine Suffel as La baronne Tourtau
• Anthony Gildès as Le sourd
• Léon Arvel as Broux
• Carlos Avril
• Lou Bonin
• Marguerite de Morlaye as La danseuse au bal masué
• Geno Ferny as Le membre du conseil d'administration
• Georges Jamin as Un montagnard
• Liliane Lesaffre as L'aubergiste
• Maurice Marceau as Le danseur au chalet
• Pierre Sabas

• Three Men in the Snow (1936)
• Paradise for Three (1938)
• Three Men in the Snow (1955)
• Three Men in the Snow (1974)

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• Parish, James Robert. Film Actors Guide. Scarecrow Press, 1977.

• A Rare Bird at IMDb