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70 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
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Cast
Gaby Morlay
Rose Hessler
Etchika Choureau
Catherine Hessler
George Reich
Steve Crown
Noël Roquevert
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Robert Arnoux
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Héléna Manson
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Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Robert Vernay
- Writers
- Solange Térac, Robert Vernay
- Languages
- French
- Countries
- France
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The take
Robert Vernay directs. André Germain behind the camera. Marthe Poncin cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 170 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 2Directed by Robert Vernay, shot by André Germain. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 3Editor Marthe Poncin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 4Gaby Morlay and Etchika Choureau and George Reich carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0157945 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- André Germain
- Editing
- Marthe Poncin
- Production design
- Claude Bouxin
- Runtime
- 95 min · 1h 35m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- FR
Also by
Robert Vernay
Production companies
Who made it
- BO
Boréal Films
FR
Key crew
- MusicJean Wiener
- EditorMarthe Poncin
- ProducerJacques Bernard-Levy
- ProducerLouis Bernard-Levy
- ProducerRené Lafuite
- Production DesignClaude Bouxin
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1956-11-07
