Christine (1958 film)

Christine

Original movie poster
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.

Synopsis

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.

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