School for Love
{{short description|1955 film by Marc Allégret}}
{{Infobox film
| name = School for Love
| image = 1955_Futures_vedettes_-_School_for_love_(fra).jpg
| caption =
| director = Marc Allégret
| producer = Gilbert Cohen-Seat
| writer = Marc Allégret
Roger Vadim
| based_on = {{based on|Eingang zur Bühne (The Entrance to the Stage)
1920 novel|Vicki Baum}}{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mLhoAgAAQBAJ&q=novel+Der+Eingang+zur+B%C3%BChne&pg=PA95 |title = Becoming Austrians: Jews and Culture between the World Wars|isbn = 9780199794881|last1 = Silverman|first1 = Lisa|date = 2012-06-19}}
| starring = Jean Marais
Brigitte Bardot
| music = Jean Wiener
| cinematography = Robert Juillard
| editing = Suzanne de Troeye
| studio = Régie du Film
Del Duca Films
| distributor = Columbia Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1955|04|26|France|ref1={{cite news|title=Bardot (Clad) Studies Voice in New Film|last=Stinson|first= Charles|newspaper= Los Angeles Times|date=3 June 1960|page= A7}}|df=y}}
| runtime = 96 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
| budget =
}}
School for Love (Futures vedettes) is a 1955 French drama film directed by Marc Allégret, written by Marc Allégret, and starring Brigitte Bardot and Jean Marais. The screenplay, based on a novel by Vicki Baum was adapted for the screen by Allégret.[http://filmsdefrance.com/FDF_Futures_vedettes_1955_rev.html Futures vedettes (1955)] at the Films de France
The film was released under different titles in various countries: Joy of Living or School for Love in the U.S., Sweet Sixteen in the U.K. and Reif auf junge Blüten in West Germany.
Plot
Tenor Eric Walter, a teacher at a Vienna conservatory, is separated from his wife, opera singer Marie. When he starts a romantic relationship with one of his students, Sophie, another student named Elisa becomes jealous, leading to a complex web of emotions and conflicts.
Cast
- Jean Marais as Éric Walter
- Brigitte Bardot as Sophie
- Isabelle Pia as Élis (Élisa)
- Yves Robert as Clément
- Denise Noël as Marie Koukowska-Walter
- Mischa Auer (crédité Misha Auer) as Berger
- Lila Kedrova as la mère de Sophie
- Edmond Beauchamp as le père d’Élis
- Yvette Etiévant as la mère d’Élis
- Georges Reich as Dick
- Anne Colette as Marion
- Odile Rodin as Erika
- Mylène Demongeot as The vocalist
Reception
The film performed poorly at the French box office, with only 949,416 admissions.{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-jean-marais-c22695355|title=Box Office Figures for Jean Marais films|website=Box Office Story}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0048103}}
- [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/509487/futures-vedettes Future Vendettes] at TCMDB
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20161106190132/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6aac2835 Future Vendettes] at BFI
- [http://filmsdefrance.com/FDF_Futures_vedettes_1955_rev.html Futures vedettes (1955)] at the Films de France
{{Marc Allegret}}
Category:1955 romantic drama films
Category:French romantic drama films
Category:1950s French-language films
Category:Films directed by Marc Allégret
Category:French black-and-white films
Category:Films based on Austrian novels
Category:Films scored by Jean Wiener
Category:Films based on works by Vicki Baum
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