Manon (film)
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Directed by | Henri-Georges Clouzot |
Written by | Henri-Georges Clouzot Jean Ferry |
Produced by | Paul-Edmond Decharme |
Starring | Cécile Aubry Michel Auclair |
Production company | Alcina |
Distributed by | Les Films de Jeudi DisCina (US) |
Release dates | March 9, 1949 25 September 1950 (US) | (France)
Running time | 100 mins |
Land | Frankreich |
Sprache | French |
Manon (French pronunciation: [manɔ̃]) is a 1949 French drama film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and starring Serge Reggiani, Michel Auclair and Cécile Aubry. It is a loose adaptation of the 1731 novel Manon Lescaut by Abbé Prévost. The film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Douy.
Synopsis
Clouzot updates the setting to World War II, making the story about a French Resistance fighter who rescues a woman from villagers convinced she is a Nazi collaborator.
Cast
- Serge Reggiani as Leon Lescaut
- Michel Auclair as Robert Dégrieux
- Cécile Aubry as Manon Lescaut
- Andrex as Le trafiquant
- Raymond Souplex as M. Paul
- André Valmy as Lieutenant Besnard / Bandit Chief
- Henri Vilbert as Le commandant du navire / Ship's Captain
- Héléna Manson as La commère
- Dora Doll as Juliette
- Simone Valère as Isé, la soubrette
- Gabrielle Fontan as La vendeuse à la toilette
- Gabrielle Dorziat as Mme Agnès
- Rosy Varte as Petit rôle
- Michel Bouquet as Le second
- Robert Dalban as Le maître d'hôtel
- Jean Hébey as L'hôtelière
- Jean Témerson as Le portier du 'Magic'
- Jacques Dynam as Un marin
- Max Elloy as Le garçon de restaurant
- Daniel Ivernel as American Officer
- François Joux as L'architecte
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Kategorien:
- 1949 films
- 1940s romantic drama films
- Films about the French Resistance
- Films based on French novels
- Films based on romance novels
- Films based on works by Antoine François Prévost
- Films directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot
- French films
- Golden Lion winners
- Films with screenplays by Henri-Georges Clouzot
- Films shot at Victorine Studios
- 1940s French film stubs
- Romantic drama film stubs
- French black-and-white films