Love Letters (1942 film)
{{short description|1942 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Love Letters
| image =File:Love Letters (1942 film).jpg
| caption =
| director =Claude Autant-Lara
| producer = Wilfrid Baumgartner
Denise Tual
Roland Tual
| based_on = Love Letters by Jean Aurenche
| writer = Jean Aurenche
Maurice Blondeau
| narrator =
| starring = Odette Joyeux
François Périer
Julien Carette
| music = Maurice Yvain
| cinematography = Philippe Agostini
| editing =Yvonne Martin
| studio = Productions Synops
| distributor = Les Films Roger Richebé
| released = {{Film date|1942|12|23|df=yes}}
| runtime = 110 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Love Letters (French: Lettres d'amour) is a 1942 French historical drama film directed by Claude Autant-Lara and starring Odette Joyeux, François Périer and Julien Carette.Williams p.290 https://www.unifrance.org/film/8347/lettres-d-amour Rège p.39 It was shot at the Boulogne Studios in Paris during the German Occupation. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Dumesnil and Jacques Krauss while the costumes were designed by Christian Dior.
Cast
- Odette Joyeux as Zélie Fontaine
- François Périer as François de Portal
- Julien Carette as Loriquet - le maître à danser
- Simone Renant as La préfète Hortense de la Jacquerie
- André Alerme as Le marquis de Longevialle
- Jean Debucourt as L'empereur Napoléon III
- Jean Parédès as Désiré Ledru
- Robert Vattier as Maître Boubousson
- Louis Salou as Monsieur de Mortemort
- Jacqueline Champi as Marinette
- Ariane Murator as Charlotte
- Gilles Quéant as Le fou de la danse
- Yves Deniaud as Le maire
- Georges Pally as Daronne
- Jean-Pierre Kérien as Le postillon
- Martial Rèbe as Le président
- Robert Arnoux as Monsieur de la Jacquerie
- Henri de Livry as Le ministre de la Justice
References
Bibliography
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
- Siclier, Jacques. La France de Pétain et son cinéma. H. Veyrier, 1981.
- Williams, Alan L. Republic of Images: A History of French Filmmaking. Harvard University Press, 1992.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0154767}}
{{Claude Autant-Lara}}
Category:1940s French-language films
Category:Films directed by Claude Autant-Lara
Category:French black-and-white films
Category:Films based on French novels
Category:French historical films
Category:1940s historical films
Category:Films set in the 1850s
Category:Films shot at Boulogne Studios
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