The Lady of the Camellias (1953 film)

1953 film

The Lady of the Camellias

Directed by| Raymond Bernard
Written by| Raymond Bernard
Jacques Natanson
Based on| The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas
Produced by| Albert Dodrumez
Pierre Gurgo-Salice
Maurice Lehmann
André Mouëzy-Éon
Starring| Micheline Presle
Gino Cervi
Roland Alexandre
Cinematography| Philippe Agostini
Edited by| Charlotte Guilbert
Music by| Francis Lopez

Production
companies

Compagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique
Royalty Films
Union des Distributeurs Indépendants
Lux Film

Distributed by| Compagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique
Lux Film

Release date

| 6 November 1953

Running time

| 111 minutes
Countries| France
Italy
Language| French

The Lady of the Camellias (French: La dame aux camélias, Italian: La signora dalle camelie) is a 1953 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Raymond Bernard and starring Micheline Presle, Gino Cervi and Roland Alexandre. It is based on the 1848 novel of the same title by Alexandre Dumas.[1][2] It was shot in Gevacolour at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Léon Barsacq.

## Cast[edit]

* Micheline Presle as Marguerite Gauthier
* Gino Cervi as Monsieur Duval
* Roland Alexandre as Armand Duval
* Alba Arnova as Olympe
* Jean Parédès as Comte Varville
* Jean Brochard as Le notaire
* Mathilde Casadesus as Prudence
* Jacques Clancy as Gaston Rieux
* Henri Crémieux as Chambourg
* Maurice Escande as Le duc
* Jacques Famery as Un ami d'Armand
* Jane Morlet as Nanine
* Claude Nicot as Léon Chambourg
* Germaine Delbat as L'épouse du notaire
* Robert Seller as Le maître d'hôtel
* Javotte Lehman as Violette
* Françoise Soulié as Blanche

## References[edit]

1. ^ Goble p.137
2. ^ Hayward p.464

## Bibliography[edit]

* Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
* Hayward, Susan. French Costume Drama of the 1950s: Fashioning Politics in Film. Intellect Books, 2010.

## External links[edit]

* The Lady of the Camellias at IMDb

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Films directed by Raymond Bernard

* The Little Cafe (1919)
* Le secret de Rosette Lambert (1920)
* Le Miracle des loups (1924)
* The Chess Player (1927)
* Tarakanova (1930)
* Wooden Crosses (1932)
* Les Misérables (1934)
* Lovers and Thieves (1935)
* Anne-Marie (1936)
* The Mayor's Dilemma (1939)
* Love Cavalcade (1940)
* Maya (1949)
* Judgement of God (1952)
* The Lady of the Camellias (1953)
* The Seventh Commandment (1957)

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