La Marie du port
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La Marie du port is a 1950 French romantic drama film directed by Marcel Carné
. The screenplay was written by Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes
and Jacques Prévert
, based on a novel by Georges Simenon
. The music score is by Joseph Kosma
and the cinematography by Henri Alekan
. It was filmed on the location in Cherbourg, Normandy
, France.
Marcel Carné
-Biography:Born in Paris, France, the son of a cabinet maker whose wife died when their son was five, Carné began his career as a film critic, becoming editor of the weekly publication, Hebdo-Films, and working for Cinémagazine and Cinémonde between 1929 and 1933. In the same period he worked in...
. The screenplay was written by Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes
Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes
Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes was a French writer and artist associated with the Dada movement. He was born in Montpellier....
and Jacques Prévert
Jacques Prévert
Jacques Prévert was a French poet and screenwriter. His poems became and remain very popular in the French-speaking world, particularly in schools. Some of the movies he wrote are extremely well regarded, with Les Enfants du Paradis considered one of the greatest films of all time.-Life and...
, based on a novel by Georges Simenon
Georges Simenon
Georges Joseph Christian Simenon was a Belgian writer. A prolific author who published nearly 200 novels and numerous short works, Simenon is best known for the creation of the fictional detective Maigret.-Early life and education:...
. The music score is by Joseph Kosma
Joseph Kosma
Joseph Kosma was a Hungarian-French composer, of Jewish background.-Biography:Kosma was born József Kozma in Budapest, where his parents taught stenography and typing. He had a brother, Akos. A maternal relative was the photographer László Moholy-Nagy, and another relative was the conductor Georg...
and the cinematography by Henri Alekan
Henri Alekan
Henri Alekan was a French cinematographer.-Life:Henri Alekan was born in Montmartre in 1909. At the age of sixteen he and his brother became travelling puppeteers. A little later he started work as third assistant cameraman at the Billancourt studios. He then spent a short time in the army,...
. It was filmed on the location in Cherbourg, Normandy
Normandy
Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...
, France.
Cast
- Jean GabinJean Gabin-Biography:Born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé in Paris, he grew up in the village of Mériel in the Seine-et-Oise département, about 22 mi north of Paris. The son of cabaret entertainers, he attended the Lycée Janson de Sailly...
as Henri Chatelard - Blanchette BrunoyBlanchette BrunoyBlanchette Brunoy was a French actress, who had appeared in over 90 film and television productions between 1936 and 1998....
as Odile Le Flem - Nicole CourcelNicole CourcelNicole Courcel is a French actress, who achieved popularity through the 1950s, and 1960s, though she is mostly unknown outside of France. Born Nicole Marie-Anne Andrieux in Saint-Cloud, western suburbs of Paris, she appeared in 43 films between 1947 and 1979...
as Marie Le Flem - René BlancardRené BlancardRené Blancard was a French film actor. He appeared in 80 films between 1922 and 1965.-Selected filmography:* A Cage of Nightingales * We Are All Murderers * Endless Horizons...
as Dorchain - Odette LaureOdette LaureOdette Laure was a French actress and cabaret singer. She appeared in 57 films and television shows between 1950 and 2001. She was nominated for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for Daddy Nostalgia...
as Françoise - Jane MarkenJane MarkenJane Marken was a French actress. She was the first wife of the actor Jules Berry....
as Madame Josselin, café owner - Julien CaretteJulien CaretteJulien Carette was a French film actor. He appeared in 127 films between 1931 and 1964. He suffered fatal burns when his nylon shirt caught fire from his cigarette; apparently he had fallen asleep while smoking....
as Thomas Viau - Claude Romain as Marcel Viaud
- Louis SeignerLouis Seigner-Selected filmography:- External links :...
as Jules - Robert Vattier
- Joël Hamond
- Georges Vitray
- Georges Galley
- Olivier HussenotOlivier Hussenot-Selected filmography:- External links :...
- Gabrielle FontanGabrielle FontanGabrielle Fontan was a French film actress. She appeared in 125 films between 1927 and 1959.-Selected filmography:* Partie de campagne * Sylvie et le fantôme * Une si jolie petite plage...
- Marie-Louise Godard
- Jacky Blanchot
- Germaine Michel
- Jean Clarieux
- Charles Mahieu
- Martial Rebe
- Emile DrainÉmile DrainÉmile Drain was a French actor and comedian.In 1925, he starred as Napoleon with Gloria Swanson in Madame Sans-Gene. In 1948, he starred, again as Napolean, in the film The Lame Devil.-External links:...
- Louise Fouquet
- Jeanne Véniat
- Yvonne Yma
- Henri Niel
- Camille Guérini
- Christian Fourcade
- René Hell
- Jean-François Bailly
- Roger Vieuille
- Jean Bertho
- Paul Violette
- Marcel Rouze
- Robert Fretel
- Maurice Derville
- Roland Lesaffre (scenes deleted)
External links
- La Marie du port at Le Cinema Francais