''Adélaïde'' is a 1968
French drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Jean-Daniel Simon
Jean-Daniel Simon (30 November 1942 – 3 February 2021) was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed eight films between 1968 and 1985. In 1975 he was a member of the jury at the 9th Moscow International Film Festival.
Se ...
and starring
Ingrid Thulin
Ingrid Lilian Thulin (; 27 January 1926 – 7 January 2004) was a Swedish actress and director who collaborated with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. She was often cast as harrowing and desperate characters, and earned acclaim from both Swedish ...
,
Jean Sorel and
Sylvie Fennec.
In English it is sometimes known as ''The Depraved''.
BFI.org
/ref> It was based on a novella by Joseph-Arthur de Gobineau and produced by Pierre Kalfon.
Plot
A young woman, named Adélaïde lives in France, and she is pursued by many suitors, but she turns them all down because her one true love has gone away to war, and she has not heard of him for months, though she does not give up hope and lies in wait of his return. In the end he dies in the war, killed by a German soldier, but she knows in her heart he is still with her.
Cast
* Ingrid Thulin
Ingrid Lilian Thulin (; 27 January 1926 – 7 January 2004) was a Swedish actress and director who collaborated with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. She was often cast as harrowing and desperate characters, and earned acclaim from both Swedish ...
... Elisabeth Hermann
* Jean Sorel ... Frédéric Cornault
* Sylvie Fennec ... Adelaide
* Jacques Portet ... Jacques Potier
* Faith Brook ... Dickson
* Jean-Pierre Bernard ... Christian
* Joëlle Bernard
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Partial filmography
* ''Lunegarde'' (1946)
* ''Quai des Orfèvres'' (1947) - Ginette (uncredited)
* ''To the Eyes of Memory'' (1948) - (uncredited)
* '' Miquette'' ...
... Janine
* Robert Higgins ... Médecin
* Eve Mylonas ... Alexa
* Christine Simon ... Buxy
* Simone Guisin ... Hélène
References
External links
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1968 films
1960s French-language films
1968 drama films
French drama films
1960s French films
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