Overview
"Olivia" captures the awakening passions of an English adolescent sent away for a year to a small finishing school outside Paris. The innocent but watchful Olivia develops an infatuation for her headmistress Julie and through this screen of love observes the tense romance between Julie and the other head of the school Cara in its final months.
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Music
Music by Pierre Sancan
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Christian Matras
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Dorothy BussyNovel
- Colette AudryWriter
- Pierre LarocheWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 27, 1951
- Original language
- French
- Countries
- France
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Cast
Edwige FeuillèreMademoiselle Julie
Simone SimonMademoiselle Cara
Marie-Claire OliviaOlivia Dealey
Yvonne de BrayVictoire- Suzanne DehellyMademoiselle Dubois
Marina de BergMimi- Lesly MeynardFrau Riesener
- Rina RhétySignorina Palletto
- Tania SoucaultGeorgie
- Elly ClausLaura
- Nadine OlivierCécile
Sophie MalletStudent
Hélène RémyBoarder- Michèle MontyBoarder
- Ludmilla HolsBoarder
- Marcelle ArditiBoarder
- Martine BridouStudent
- Patricia SolairBoarder
Lisette LebonBoarder- Jacqueline SiberBoarder
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