''Behold Beatrice'' or ''Beatrice's Temptation'' (French: ''Béatrice devant le désir'') is a 1944 French
drama film
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directed by
Jean de Marguenat and starring
Fernand Ledoux,
Jules Berry and
Renée Faure. It features an early performance by the future star
Simone Signoret
Simone Signoret (; born Simone Henriette Charlotte Kaminker; 25 March 1921 – 30 September 1985) was a French actress. She received various accolades, including an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, a César Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a ...
.
[Hayward p.4]
It was shot at the
Victorine Studios in the southern French city of
Nice
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. The film's sets were designed by the
art director Georges Wakhévitch.
Cast
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Fernand Ledoux as Le docteur Mauléon
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Jules Berry as Richelière
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Renée Faure as Béatrice
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Gérard Landry
Landry Fernand Charles Marrier de Lagatinerie (16 October 1912 – 18 September 1999), known professionally as Gérard Landry, was an Argentinian actor. He began acting in 1932 with his first movie ''Mirages de Paris'', acted for over fifty ...
as José
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Thérèse Dorny as Tante Hermance
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Jacques Berthier as Jacques Richelière
*
Marie Carlot as Paula
*
Jean Barrère
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Henry Bonvallet as Le docteur Lemonsquier
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Mario Cazes as Le violoniste
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Georges Gosset
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Lucy Lancy as Gaby
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Liliane Lonville
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Emma Lyonel as Madame Dourthe
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Jean-Jacques Lécot
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Marfisa
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as La chanteuse
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Marguerite Mayanne as Madame de Saint-Savin
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Marcelle Naudia as La baronne
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Suzy Pierson as Madame de Wallée
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Robert Pizani
Robert Pizani (26 April 1896 – 17 June 1965) was a French stage and film actor whose 45-year career encompassed leading roles in numerous plays, revues and operettas as well as dozens of films.
In operetta
Pizani's roles in operetta and musica ...
as Alfred
*
Jacques Sablon
*
Maud Saintange
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Simone Signoret
Simone Signoret (; born Simone Henriette Charlotte Kaminker; 25 March 1921 – 30 September 1985) was a French actress. She received various accolades, including an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, a César Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a ...
as Liliane Moraccini
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*Georges (name)
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as Machonneau
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
* Hayward, Susan. ''Simone Signoret: The Star as Cultural Sign''. A&C Black, 2004.
External links
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1944 films
French drama films
1944 drama films
1940s French-language films
Films directed by Jean de Marguenat
French black-and-white films
1940s French films
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