All Roads Lead to Rome (1949 film)

{{short description|1949 film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = All Roads Lead to Rome

| image =File:All Roads Lead to Rome (1949 film).jpg

| caption =

| director = Jean Boyer

| producer = Jean Boyer
André Paulvé
Michel Safra

| writer = Jacques Sigurd

| narrator =

| starring = Micheline Presle
Gerard Philippe
Albert Rémy

| music = Paul Misraki

| cinematography =Christian Matras

| editing = Jacques Desagneaux

| studio = Speva Films

| distributor = DisCina

| released = {{Film date|1949|09|16|df=yes}}

| runtime = 89 minutes

| country = France

| language = French

| budget =

| gross =

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All Roads Lead to Rome (French: Tous les chemins mènent à Rome) is a 1949 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Micheline Presle, Gerard Philippe and Albert Rémy.Hubert-Lacombe p.76Siehlohr p.65 It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Clavel. The film had admissions of 1,434,128 at the French box office.{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-gerard-philipe-c25784244|website=Box Office Story|title=Box Office Success of Gerard Philippe films}}

Synopsis

Gabriel, a surveyor is on his way to a congress in Rome and runs into Laura a celebrated actress trying to travel incognito so she can avoid the journalists on her tail. He mistakenly believe she is being chased by criminals and does everything he can to help her evade then on the road to the Italian capital.

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Bibliography

  • Hubert-Lacombe, Patricia. Le cinéma français dans la guerre froide: 1946-1956. L'Harmattan, 1996.
  • Siehlohr, Ulrike . Heroines Without Heroes: Reconstructing Female and National Identities in European Cinema, 1945-1951. A&C Black, 2000.