Les Amants de Montparnasse
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Les Amants de Montparnasse | |
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Original film poster |
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Directed by | Jacques Becker |
Produced by | Sandro Pallavicini |
Written by | Michel-Georges Michel |
Starring | Gérard Philipe Lilli Palmer Lino Ventura Anouk Aimée |
Music by | Paul Misraki |
Cinematography | Christian Matras |
Editing by | Marguerite Renoir |
Distributed by | Franco London Films |
Release date(s) | April 4, 1958 |
Running time | 108 min. |
Language | English |
IMDb profile |
Les Amants de Montparnasse, (The Lovers of Montparnasse), also known as Montparnasse 19, is a French/Italian film chronicling the last year of the life of the Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani who worked and died in abject poverty in the Montparnasse Quarter of Paris, France. The film project was initiated by Max Ophüls who died before the script could be completed, so his name was credited as dedicatee.
The film poster, as seen here, billed the film as "Montparnasse 19", but it is credited as "Les Amants de Montparnasse (Montparnasse 19)".
[edit] Primary cast
- Gérard Philipe : Amedeo Modigliani
- Lilli Palmer : Beatrice Hastings
- Lea Padovani : Rosalie
- Lino Ventura : Morel
- Gérard Séty : Léopold Sborowsky
- Anouk Aimée : Jeanne Hébuterne
- Lila Kedrova : Mme. Sborowsky