Before the Deluge
| Before the Deluge (French film) | |
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| Directed by | André Cayatte |
| Written by | André Cayatte Charles Spaak |
| Produced by | François Carron |
| Starring | Antoine Balpêtré |
| Cinematography | Jean Bourgoin |
| Edited by | Paul Cayatte |
| Music by | Georges Van Parys |
Production companies | Union Générale Cinématographique Documento Film |
| Distributed by | L'Alliance Générale de Distribution Cinématographique |
Release date |
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Running time | 138 minutes |
| Countries | France Italy |
| Language | French |
Before the Deluge (French: Avant le déluge) is a 1954 French-Italian drama film directed by André Cayatte. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.[1][2] It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier.
Plot
Four boys and a girl want to get away from their parents and their country because they are afraid of an atomic war. They plan to use a boat to get to an idyllic island. When they realise their savings aren't sufficient they feel it was justified to obtain the required money by committing a crime.
Cast
- Antoine Balpêtré as Monsieur Albert Dutoit (as Balpetre)
- Paul Bisciglia as Jean-Jacques Noblet
- Bernard Blier as Monsieur Marcel Noblet
- Jacques Castelot as Serge de Montesson
- Jacques Chabassol as Jean Arnaud
- Clément Thierry as Philippe Boussard (as Clement-Thierry)
- Roger Coggio as Daniel Epstein
- Léonce Corne as Commissaire Auvain (as Leonce Corne)
- Jacques Fayet as Richard Dutoit
- Paul Frankeur as Monsieur Boussard
- Isa Miranda as Madame Françoise Boussard
- Carlo Ninchi as the presiding judge
- Line Noro as Madame Arnaud (as Line Noro de la Comédie Française)
- Marcel Pérès as Inspecteur Mallingré (as Marcel Peres)
- Albert Rémy as waiter at the café (as Albert Remy)
- Delia Scala as Josette
- André Valmy as the second police inspecteur (as Andre Valmy)
- Julien Verdier as the night watchman
- Marina Vlady as Liliane Noblet
- Maria Zanoli as Madame Dutoit (as Maria Emma Zanolli)
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Before the Deluge". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 24 January 2009.
- ^ "Before the Deluge". unifrance.org. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
External links
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