In Popular Culture
Général Boulanger inspired the Jean Renoir movie Elena and Her Men, a musical fantasy loosely based on the end of his political career. The role of Général François Rollan, a Boulanger-like character, was played by Jean Marais.
IMDB notes that there was also a French television programme about Boulanger in the early 1980s, La Nuit du général Boulanger, where Boulanger is played by Maurice Ronet.
He is quoted as the one who authorised the institution of the "Suicide Bureau" in Guy de Maupassant's short story "The Magic Couch", reportedly "the only good thing he did".
Read more about this topic: Georges Ernest Boulanger
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