Overview
Port of Marseille, France, recently liberated from the German yoke. Caught as stowaways aboard a ship, Manon, a young woman who was accused of collaborating with the Nazis, and Robert, a freedom fighter who saved her from reprisals, tell the captain about the many challenges they have had to face in order to survive.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Golden Lion (1949)
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Based on
Based on Manon Lescaut
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Music
Music by Paul Misraki
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Armand Henri Julien Thirard
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Abbé PrévostNovel
- Henri-Georges ClouzotScreenplay
- Jean FerryScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 9, 1949
- Original language
- French
- Countries
- France
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In the United States
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Cast
Serge ReggianiLéon Lescaut
Michel AuclairRobert Dégrieux
Cécile AubryManon Lescaut
AndrexSmuggler
Raymond SouplexM. Paul
André ValmyLt. Besnard
Henri VilbertShip Captain
Héléna MansonGossipy Woman
Simone ValèreIsé
Gabrielle DorziatSaleswoman
Dora DollJuliette
Gabrielle FontanMme. Agnès- Wanda Ottoni
Rosy Varte
Edmond Ardisson
Michel BouquetSecond
Robert DalbanHeadwaiter
Jean HébeyHotel Manager- Jean TémersonDoorman
- Paul Barge(uncredited)
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