Les Impures
Encyclopedia
Les Impures The Impure Ones, is a French
drama
film from 1954, directed by Pierre Chevalier
, written by Juliette Saint-Giniez, starring Micheline Presle
and Louis de Funès
. The film is known under the titles "Human Cargo" (USA), "The Impure Ones" (international English title).
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
drama
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
film from 1954, directed by Pierre Chevalier
Pierre Chevalier
Pierre Chevalier was a well-known caver and mountaineer from France, with many alpine ascents and cave explorations to his credit. Chevalier is principally known for the exploration of the Dent de Crolles cave system over a twelve-year period , which became the deepest cave in the world...
, written by Juliette Saint-Giniez, starring Micheline Presle
Micheline Presle
Micheline Presle is a French actress also known in English language films as Micheline Prelle.Born Micheline Nicole Julia Émilienne Chassagne in Paris, she wanted to be an actress from an early age. She took acting classes in her early teens and made her film debut at the age of fifteen in the...
and Louis de Funès
Louis de Funès
Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza was a very popular French actor who is one of the giants of French comedy alongside André Bourvil and Fernandel...
. The film is known under the titles "Human Cargo" (USA), "The Impure Ones" (international English title).
Cast
- Micheline PresleMicheline PresleMicheline Presle is a French actress also known in English language films as Micheline Prelle.Born Micheline Nicole Julia Émilienne Chassagne in Paris, she wanted to be an actress from an early age. She took acting classes in her early teens and made her film debut at the age of fifteen in the...
: Michèle, singer of the cabaret « Fémina » - Louis de FunèsLouis de FunèsLouis Germain David de Funès de Galarza was a very popular French actor who is one of the giants of French comedy alongside André Bourvil and Fernandel...
: the conductor - Raymond PellegrinRaymond PellegrinRaymond Pellegrin was a French actor.Born in Nice, Pellegrin made his screen debut in the 1945 French feature Naïs....
: Jean-Marie Leclerc called : Mario, the man going out of prison - William Marshall : Charlie, the procurer
- Dora DollDora DollDora Doll is a French actress. She was born Dorothea Feinberg in Berlin.One of her first screen appearances was as Juliette in Henri-Georges Clouzot's Manon . She appeared as Lola in Jacques Becker's Touchez pas au grisbi and as Genisse in Jean Renoir's French Cancan...
: Lili, a girl - Guy MairesseGuy MairesseGuy Mairesse was a racing driver from France. He participated in 3 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on September 3, 1950...
: Bob, friend of Mario - Jacques DubyJacques DubyJacques Duby is a French stage, film and television actor.-External links:* on IMDB...
: Fernand, pianist - Colette Castel : Danièle, sister of Michèle
- Daniel Cauchy : Dédé, le barman de la boite
- René Sarvil : Mr Dominique, le proxénète Marseillais
- Jacqueline Noëlle : friend of Alger
- Lila KedrovaLila KedrovaLila Kedrova was a Russian-born French actress.-Biography:Kedrova claimed to have been born in 1918, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Her parents were Russian opera singers. Lila Kedrova's brother was Nikolay Kedrov, Jr...
: the concierge of the building - Laurence Badie : la femme de ménage
External links
- Les Impures (1954) at the Films de France