Goodbye, Beautiful Days
{{Short description|1933 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Goodbye, Beautiful Days
| image = File:Goodbye, Beautiful Days.jpg
| caption =
| director = André Beucler
Johannes Meyer
| producer = Max Pfeiffer
| writer = André Beucler
Peter Francke
Walter Wassermann
| based_on =Happy Days in Aranjuez by Hans Székely and Robert A. Stemmle
| starring = Brigitte Helm
Jean Gabin
Ginette Leclerc
| music = Hans-Otto Borgmann
Ernst Erich Buder
| cinematography = Friedl Behn-Grund
| editing = Herbert B. Fredersdorf
| studio = UFA
| distributor = L'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne
| released = {{Film date|1933|11|03|df=yes}}
| runtime = 96 minutes
| country = France
Germany
| language = French
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Goodbye, Beautiful Days (French: Adieu les beaux jours) is a 1933 French-German comedy film directed by André Beucler and Johannes Meyer and starring Brigitte Helm, Jean Gabin and Ginette Leclerc.Harriss p.195 Waldman p.47 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and on location in Biarritz and San Sebastian. The film's sets were designed by art directors Erich Kettelhut and Max Mellin. It was co-produced and distributed by L'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne, the French subsidiary of the German company UFA. A separate German-language version Happy Days in Aranjuez with Helm appearing in both films.
Synopsis
The beautiful Olga works in league with confidence tricksters in Paris, but falls in love with the engineer Pierre Lavernay on a visit to Spain. However her hopes of a new life with him are threatened by her former criminal associates and the police.
Cast
- Brigitte Helm as Olga
- Jean Gabin as Pierre Lavernay
- Henri Bosc as Alexandre
- Ginette Leclerc as Marietta
- Julien Carette as Fred
- Lucien Dayle as Le bijoutier Derzan
- André Nicolle as Le commissaire Marlé
- Mireille Balin as Une jeune fille
- Thomy Bourdelle as Le commissaire Domprel
- Paul Fromet as Le père Gaston
- Maurice Rémy as Un carabinier
- Henri Vilbert as Le professeur Ronnay
References
Bibliography
- Harriss, Joseph. Jean Gabin: The Actor Who Was France. McFarland, 2018.
- Waldman, Harry. Nazi Films in America, 1933-1942. McFarland, 2008.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0147823}}
{{Johannes Meyer}}
Category:Films of Nazi Germany
Category:1930s French-language films
Category:Films directed by Johannes Meyer
Category:Films directed by André Beucler
Category:German multilingual films
Category:German black-and-white films
Category:1933 multilingual films
Category:French multilingual films
Category:French black-and-white films
Category:Films shot at Babelsberg Studios
Category:Films scored by Hans-Otto Borgmann
Category:Films scored by Ernst Erich Buder
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