The Lady of the Camellias (1953 film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Lady of the Camellias
| image =File:The Lady of the Camellias (1953 film).jpg
| caption =
| director = Raymond Bernard
| producer = Albert Dodrumez
Pierre Gurgo-Salice
Maurice Lehmann
André Mouëzy-Éon
| writer = Raymond Bernard
Jacques Natanson
| based_on = The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas
| narrator =
| starring = Micheline Presle
Gino Cervi
Roland Alexandre
| music = Francis Lopez
| cinematography = Philippe Agostini
| editing = Charlotte Guilbert
| studio = Compagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique
Royalty Films
Union des Distributeurs Indépendants
Lux Film
| distributor = Compagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique
Lux Film
| released = {{Film date|1953|11|06|df=yes}}
| runtime = 111 minutes
| country = France
Italy
| language = French
| budget =
| gross =
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The Lady of the Camellias (French: La dame aux camélias, Italian: La signora dalle camelie) is a 1953 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Raymond Bernard and starring Micheline Presle, Gino Cervi and Roland Alexandre. It is based on the 1848 novel of the same title by Alexandre Dumas.Goble p. 137Hayward p. 464 It was shot in Gevacolour at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Léon Barsacq.
Cast
- Micheline Presle as Marguerite Gauthier
- Gino Cervi as Monsieur Duval
- Roland Alexandre as Armand Duval
- Alba Arnova as Olympe
- Jean Parédès as Comte Varville
- Jean Brochard as Le notaire
- Mathilde Casadesus as Prudence
- Jacques Clancy as Gaston Rieux
- Henri Crémieux as Chambourg
- Maurice Escande as Le duc
- Jacques Famery as Un ami d'Armand
- Jane Morlet as Nanine
- Claude Nicot as Léon Chambourg
- Germaine Delbat as L'épouse du notaire
- Robert Seller as Le maître d'hôtel
- Javotte Lehman as Violette
- Françoise Soulié as Blanche
References
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. (1999) The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p.137
- Hayward, Susan. (2010) French Costume Drama of the 1950s: Fashioning Politics in Film. Intellect Books, p. 464
External links
- {{IMDb title|0045150}}
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Category:1950s French-language films
Category:Films directed by Raymond Bernard
Category:Films based on French novels
Category:Films shot at Billancourt Studios
Category:French-language Italian films
Category:Films scored by Francis Lopez
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