The Damned Lovers
German poster
Directed byWilly Rozier
Written byWilly Rozier
Produced byWilly Rozier
StarringRobert Berri
Jacques Dynam
Ginette Baudin
CinematographyFred Langenfeld
Edited byMireille Baron
Music byAlain Romans
Jean Yatove
Production
company
Sport-Films
Distributed byCocinor
Release date
13 March 1952
Running time
97 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The Damned Lovers (French: Les amants maudits) is a 1952 French crime film directed by Willy Rozier and starring Robert Berri, Jacques Dynam and Ginette Baudin. A film noir it has been described as post-Liberation French Bonnie and Clyde story".[1] It attracted audiences of around 1.1 million at the French domestic box office.[2]

Synopsis

A cafe waiter reads crime novels and dreams of being a somebody. In order to impress his girlfriend he steals a car and becomes a real-life gangster.

Cast

  • Danièle Roy as Jacky
  • Robert Berri as Paul Morelli
  • Denise Cardi as Maryse
  • Jacques Dynam as Raoul
  • René Alié as Giaccomidi
  • Ginette Baudin as Tamara
  • Georges Tourreil as Le directeur de la PJ
  • Jean Lara as le directeur de Sport-Films
  • Maurice Bénard as l'inspecteur Mavraux
  • Marco Villa as Dédé
  • Milly Mathis as La marseillaise
  • Yves Furet as Léo

References

  1. Walker-Morrison p.44
  2. Walker-Morrison p.224

Bibliography

  • Walker-Morrison, Deborah. Classic French Noir: Gender and the Cinema of Fatal Desire. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.


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