Frederica
Directed by	Jean Boyer
Written by	Jean de Letraz
Based on	Épousez-nous, monsieur by Jean de Letraz
Produced by	Suzanne Goosens Marcel Segard
Starring	Charles Trenet Elvire Popesco Jacqueline Gauthier
Cinematography	Lucien Joulin
Edited by	Andrée Danis
Music by	Henri Forterre Georges Van Parys
Production company	Jason Films
Distributed by	Gray-Film
Release date	18 November 1942 (1942-11-18)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Frederica (French: Frédérica) is a 1942 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Charles Trenet, Elvire Popesco and Jacqueline Gauthier.^[1] It is based on a play by Jean de Letraz.

Gilbert Legrant a singer and owner of a cabaret is financially bailed out by his girlfriend Lilette. However, she is outraged when she discovers love letters written by him to a woman named Frederica. Frederica is in fact a fictional creation of his ideal woman, but Lilette doesn't believe him. Gilbert's friend gets his own girlfriend Claudine to pose as Frederica, while in turn a real Frederica arrives from Davos causing further confusion.

• Charles Trenet as Gilbert Legrant
• Elvire Popesco as Frédérica
• Rellys as Théodule
• Jacqueline Gauthier as Claudine
• Jacques Louvigny as Le baron
• Hélène Tossy as La vendeuse
• Hélène Dartigue as Anaïs
• Maurice Baquet as Un ami de Gilbert
• Francis Blanche as Ami de Gilbert
• Suzet Maïs as Lilette
• Christian Gérard as Un ami de Gilbert
• Robert Arnoux as Julien Blanchet

• Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950. Pygmalion, 1986

• Frederica at IMDb

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