Céleste (1980 film)

Céleste
Céleste
Directed by	Percy Adlon
Written by	Percy Adlon
Based on	Céleste Albaret's memoir Monsieur Proust
Produced by	Eleonore Adlon
Starring	Eva Mattes; Jürgen Arndt; Norbert Wartha; Wolf Euba;
Cinematography	Jürgen Martin
Edited by	Clara Fabry [de]
Music by	César Franck, played by the Bartholdy Quartet
Production; companies	pelemele Film; Bayerischer Rundfunk;
Distributed by	Filmverlag der Autoren
Release date	October 1980;
Running time	107 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Céleste is a 1980 German film by Percy Adlon about the life of the French writer Marcel Proust as he lay in his bed from 1912 to 1922; the story is told through the eyes of his real life maid, Céleste Albaret. She waited decades before writing her own book about the experience^[2] which was adapted for the screen by Percy Adlon.

Andrew Sarris called the film "one of the most profound tributes one art form has ever paid to another."^[3]

Cast

Eva Mattes as Céleste Albaret
Jürgen Arndt as Monsieur Proust
Norbert Wartha as Odilon Albaret
Wolf Euba as Robert Proust

References

^ Monsieur Proust: souvenirs; recueillis par Georges Belmont. Paris: Robert Laffont, 1973
^ Emmanuelle Giuliani, "Céleste Albaret, la muse de Proust", La Croix, 26 July 2007
^ Andrew Sarris, "Footnotes on Proust, Grace, Reed, and Connors", The Village Voice, vol. 27, no. 51, September 28, 1982

External links

Céleste at IMDb
Céleste at filmportal.de
Céleste Archived 2011-05-26 at the Wayback Machine at percyadlon.com

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[1] Monsieur Proust: souvenirs; recueillis par Georges Belmont. Paris: Robert Laffont, 1973

[2] Emmanuelle Giuliani, "Céleste Albaret, la muse de Proust", La Croix, 26 July 2007

[3] Andrew Sarris, "Footnotes on Proust, Grace, Reed, and Connors", The Village Voice, vol. 27, no. 51, September 28, 1982

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