The Call of Destiny (1953 film)

1953 French film

The Call of Destiny

Directed by| Georges Lacombe
Written by| Jacques Viot
Produced by| Michel Lesay
Léonce Relu
Starring| Jean Marais
Jacqueline Porel
Édouard Delmont
Cinematography| Robert Lefebvre
Edited by| Henri Taverna
Jacqueline Thiédot
Music by| Louis Beydts

Production
company

Miramar Productions

Distributed by| Ciné Sélections

Release date

| 15 February 1953

Running time

| 100 minutes
Country| France
Language| French
Box office| 1,832,739 admissions (France)[1]

The Call of Destiny (French: L'Appel du destin) is a 1953 French comedy drama film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Jean Marais, Jacqueline Porel and Édouard Delmont.[2]

## Contents

* 1 Plot
* 2 Cast
* 3 References
* 4 Bibliography
* 5 External links

## Plot[edit]

While on tour, a conducting prodigy encounters his father for the first time. A formerly brilliant pianist he has declined into alcoholism and abandoned the family.

## Cast[edit]

* Jean Marais as Lorenzo Lombardi
* Jacqueline Porel as Lucienne Lombardi
* Roberto Benzi as Roberto Lombardi
* Édouard Delmont as M. Galibert
* Georgette Anys as La grosse Lolo
* Renée Devillers as Germaine Obrecht
* Charles Dechamps as Monsieur Roze
* Fernand Sardou as Dottore Aldo Guarneri
* Germaine Pape as Mme Torquato
* Fernand Rauzéna as M. Torquato
* Jean Lanier as Crespi, l'ami
* Marcel Lebas as Le facteur
* Philippe Richard as Le directeur
* Julien Verdier as Dupont, le musicien
* Léon Walther as Count Amadeo, le critique

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Box Office Figures for Jean Marais films". Box Office Story.
2. ^ L'Appel du destin (1953) Archived 2012-07-07 at archive.today at the Films de France

## Bibliography[edit]

* Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

## External links[edit]

* The Call of Destiny at IMDb
* L'Appel du destin (1953) at the Films de France

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Films directed by Georges Lacombe

* Youth (1934)
* Café de Paris (1938)
* Behind the Facade (1939)
* Musicians of the Sky (1940)
* Paris-New York (1940)
* They Were Twelve Women (1940)
* Montmartre (1941)
* The Last of the Six (1941)
* The Stairs Without End (1943)
* Land Without Stars (1946)
* Martin Roumagnac (1946)
* The Night Is My Kingdom (1951)
* The Call of Destiny (1953)
* Their Last Night (1953)
* The Light Across the Street (1956)

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