''Eternal Conflict'' (French: ''Éternel conflit'') is a 1948 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-g ...
directed by
Georges Lampin
Georges Lampin (14 October 1901 – 8 May 1979) was a French actor and film director. He directed twelve films between 1946 and 1963.
Selected filmography Director
* ''The Idiot (1946 film), The Idiot'' (1946)
* ''Eternal Conflict (film), ...
and starring
Annabella
Annabella, Anabella, or Anabela is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Annabella of Scotland (c. 1433–1509), daughter of King James I
*Annabella (actress) (1907–1996), stage name of French actress Suzanne Georgette C ...
,
Fernand Ledoux
Fernand Ledoux (born Jacques Joseph Félix Fernand Ledoux, 24 January 1897, Tirlemont – 21 September 1993, Villerville) was a French film and theatre actor of Belgian origin. He studied with Raphaël Duflos at the CNSAD, and began his ca ...
and
Michel Auclair
Michel Auclair (born Vladimir Vujović, sr-cyr, Владимир Вујовић; 14 September 1922 – 7 January 1988) was an actor of Serbian and French ancestry, known best for his roles in French cinema.
Auclair was born to a Serbian fathe ...
.
[Driskell p.62]
The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Léon Barsacq
Léon Barsacq (18 October 1906 – 23 December 1969) was a Russian-born and naturalized French production designer, art director and set decorator. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film '' Th ...
.
Synopsis
A disillusioned teacher gives up his job and joins a circus, where he befriends a beautiful
acrobat
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with a complex love life.
Cast
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Fernand Ledoux
Fernand Ledoux (born Jacques Joseph Félix Fernand Ledoux, 24 January 1897, Tirlemont – 21 September 1993, Villerville) was a French film and theatre actor of Belgian origin. He studied with Raphaël Duflos at the CNSAD, and began his ca ...
as Le professeur Janvier
*
Annabella
Annabella, Anabella, or Anabela is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Annabella of Scotland (c. 1433–1509), daughter of King James I
*Annabella (actress) (1907–1996), stage name of French actress Suzanne Georgette C ...
as Florence dite Lili
*
Michel Auclair
Michel Auclair (born Vladimir Vujović, sr-cyr, Владимир Вујовић; 14 September 1922 – 7 January 1988) was an actor of Serbian and French ancestry, known best for his roles in French cinema.
Auclair was born to a Serbian fathe ...
as Mario
*
Louis Salou
Louis Vincent Goulven Salou (23 April 1902 – 12 October 1948) was a French stage and film actor.
Louis was born in Oissel and died in Fontenay-aux-Roses.
Selected filmography
* ''First Ball'' (1941)
* '' The Benefactor'' (1942)
* ''Bolero' ...
as Chardeuil
*
Line Noro
Line Noro (22 February 1900 – 4 November 1985) was a French stage and film actress.Hayward p.172 During the 1930s she played glamorous, often exotic, women in films such as ''Pépé le Moko''. Between 1945 and 1966 Noro was a member of the Com ...
as Germaine - femme de Janvier
*
Mary Morgan as Mme Chardeuil
*
Jeannette Batti
Jeannette Batti (1921–2011) was a French film actress.
Partial filmography
* ''Shop Girls of Paris'' (1943) - Une vendeuse (uncredited)
* '' Le Roi des resquilleurs'' (1945) - Lulu
* '' Back Streets of Paris'' (1946) - Mona
* ''Une nuit à T ...
as Janette
*
Jeanne Lion
Jeanne Lion, or Jeanne Léonnec, (17 August 1876 – 24 December 1956) was a French stage and film actress.
Filmography
* 1926 : '' Jim la houlette, roi des voleurs'' as the servant
* 1933 : ''Pas besoin d'argent''
* 1934 : '' La Flambée''
...
as Mémé
*
Colette Ripert
Colette Ripert (17 January 1930 – 20 May 1930 ) was a French actress.
Selected filmography
* '' Les jeux sont faits'' (1947)
* '' Eternal Conflict'' (1948)
* ''Keep an Eye on Amelia'' (1949)
* ''The Girl from Maxim's'' (1950)
* '' I Had S ...
as Mlle Chardeuil
*
Monique Arthur
Monique is a female given name. It is the French form of the name Monica. The name has enjoyed some popularity in the United States since about 1955, and is less common in other English-speaking countries except for Canada although mostly used ...
as La bonne
*
Gaston Modot
Gaston Modot (31 December 1887 – 20 February 1970) was a French actor. For more than 50 years he performed for the cinema working with a number of great French directors.
Biography
Modot lived in Montmartre at the beginning of the 20th cen ...
as Le bonimenteur
*
Roland Armontel
Roland Armontel (21 December 1901 – 15 March 1980) was a French actor.
Born Auguste Louis Magnin in Vimoutiers, Orne, France, he died in Paris.
Selected filmography
* ''Fun in the Barracks'' (1932)
* ''Let's Touch Wood'' (1933)
* ''Les Mis ...
as Robert Ariani
*
Marcel André
Marcel André (2 January 1885–13 October 1974) was a French film actor.Goble p.87
Selected filmography
* ''Si l'empereur savait ça'' (1930) - Albert (Master of the Horse)
* ''Soyons gais'' (1930) - Townley
* ''Le père célibataire'' (1931)
* ...
as Le proviseur
*
Guy Favières
Guy or GUY may refer to:
Personal names
* Guy (given name)
* Guy (surname)
* That Guy (...), the New Zealand street performer Leigh Hart
Places
* Guy, Alberta, a Canadian hamlet
* Guy, Arkansas, US, a city
* Guy, Indiana, US, an unincorpo ...
as L'inspecteur
*
Marcel Melrac
Marcel may refer to:
People
* Marcel (given name), people with the given name Marcel
* Marcel (footballer, born August 1981), Marcel Silva Andrade, Brazilian midfielder
* Marcel (footballer, born November 1981), Marcel Augusto Ortolan, Brazilian s ...
as Un garçon de piste
*
Paul Delon as Le directeur
*
Philippe Lemaire
Philippe Lemaire (14 March 1927 – 15 March 2004) was a French actor. He appeared in more than ninety films between 1946 and 2004.
Lemaire was married three times; Nicole Pinton (1949–1951) (divorced); Juliette Gréco from 1953 to 1956, had ...
as Chardeuil fils
*
Julien Maffre
Julien may refer to:
People
* Julien (given name)
* Julien (surname)
Music
* ''Julien'' (opera), a 1913 poème lyrique by Gustave Charpentier
* ''Julien'' (album), by Dalida, 1973
* "Julien" (song), by Carly Rae Jepsen, 2019
Places Un ...
as Un garçon de piste
*
Albert Malbert
Albert Malbert (1914–1972) was a French film actor.Goble p.66
Selected filmography
* ''The Crisis is Over'' (1934)
* '' Return to Paradise'' (1935)
* ''Bach the Detective'' (1936)
* ''Moutonnet'' (1936)
* ''The Brighton Twins'' (1936)
* ''Culpr ...
as Le patron du café
References
Bibliography
* Jonathan Driskell. ''The French Screen Goddess: Film Stardom and the Modern Woman in 1930s France''. I.B.Tauris, 2015.
External links
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1948 films
1948 drama films
French drama films
1940s French-language films
Films directed by Georges Lampin
French black-and-white films
1940s French films
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