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Directed by | Pierre Gaspard-Huit |
Written by | Pierre Gaspard-Huit, Georges Neveux, Hans Wilhelm, Arthur Schnitzler (Novel) |
Starring | Romy Schneider Alain Delon Micheline Presle Jean-Claude Brialy |
Music by | Georges Auric |
Release date(s) | 1958 |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | France, Italy |
Language | French |
Christine is a 1958 film, based on the novel Liebelei by Arthur Schnitzler. The film was directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit and the title character was played by Romy Schneider. The cast included Alain Delon as a young lieutenant.
Schnitzler's play had been filmed in 1933 by Max Ophüls as Liebelei, starring Romy Schneider's mother, Magda Schneider.
A young lieutenant (Alain Delon) has an affair with a baroness but decides to put an end to it when he meets Christine (Romy Schneider), a musician's daughter. It ends tragically when the Colonel learns his wife had this affair.