Directed by:
Jean GrémillonCinematography:
Louis PageCast:
Madeleine Renaud, Pierre Brasseur, Madeleine Robinson, Paul Bernard, Georges Marchal, Léonce Corne, Charles Blavette, Jane Marken, Marcel Lévesque (more)Plots(1)
A shimmering glass hotel at the top of a remote Provençal mountain provides the setting for a tragicomic tapestry about an obsessive love pentangle, whose principals range from an artist to a hotel manager to a dam worker. Scripted by Jacques Prévert and Pierre Laroche, the film was banned from theaters for the duration of the occupation for its dark portrayal of the hedonistic excesses of the ruling class. Today, it is often singled out as Jean Grémillon’s greatest achievement. (Janus Films)
(more)Cast
Madeleine Renaud
France
Best movies:
Dialogue with the Carmelites (1960)
The Longest Day (1962)
Remorques (1941)
Pierre Brasseur
France
Best movies:
Dialogue with the Carmelites (1960)
The Gates of Paris (1957)
Children of Paradise (1945)
Madeleine Robinson
France
Best movies:
A Trap for Cinderella (1965)
Father's Trip (1966)
Camille Claudel (1988)
Paul Bernard
France
Best movies:
Panic (1946)
Les Maudits (1947)
The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne (1945)
Georges Marchal
France
Best movies:
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Belle de Jour (1967)
The Dirty Game (1965)
Léonce Corne
France
Best movies:
Crime and Punishment (1956)
Daybreak (1939)
Joseph Balsamo (1973) (series)
Charles Blavette
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
Picnic on the Grass (1959)
The Magnificent Tramp (1959)
Jane Marken
France
Best movies:
L'Idiot (1946)
Children of Paradise (1945)
Lovers of Paris (1957)
Marcel Lévesque
France
Best movies:
Judex (1916)
The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936)
Les vampires (1915)
Raymond Aimos
France
Best movies:
Wooden Crosses (1932)
Port of Shadows (1938)
Mayerling (1936)