The Damned Lovers
1952 film
- 13 March 1952 (1952-03-13)
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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
Bibliography
- Walker-Morrison, Deborah. Classic French Noir: Gender and the Cinema of Fatal Desire. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.
External links
- The Damned Lovers at IMDb
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Films directed by Willy Rozier
- Maria of the Night (1936)
- The Dark Angels (1937)
- Men of Prey (1937)
- Champions of France (1938)
- Hopes (1941)
- Melody for You (1942)
- Solita de Cordoue (1946)
- The Wreck (1949)
- 56 Rue Pigalle (1949)
- The Convict (1951)
- The Damned Lovers (1952)
- Manina, the Girl in the Bikini (1952)
- The Adventurer of Chad (1953)
- Your Turn, Callaghan (1955)
- More Whiskey for Callaghan (1955)
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