''Jocelyn '' is a 1952 French
historical
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drama film
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directed by
Jacques de Casembroot and starring
Jean Desailly
Jean Desailly (24 August 1920 – 11 June 2008) was a French actor. He was a member of the Comédie-Française from 1942 to 1946, and later participated in about 90 movies.
Life and career
Desailly studied at the École nationale supérieure des ...
,
Simone Valère
Simone Valère (2 August 1923 – 11 November 2010) was a French actress. She appeared in more than forty films from 1941 to 1993.
Filmography
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1923 births
2010 deaths
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and
Jean Vilar
Jean Vilar (25 March 1912– 28 May 1971) was a French actor and theatre director.
Vilar trained under actor and theatre director Charles Dullin, then toured with an acting company throughout France. His directorial career began in 1943 in a sma ...
. It is set during the
French Revolution
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.
[Hayward p.463] It is based on the 1836 novel of the same title by
Alphonse de Lamartine
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, which had previously been
made into a 1933 film.
The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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Raymond Nègre
Raymond Nègre was a French art director active in the film industry during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.Hayward p.241
Selected filmography
* '' My First Love'' (1945)
* '' Resistance'' (1945)
* '' Not So Stupid'' (1946)
* ''Women's Games'' (1946)
...
.
Cast
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Jean Desailly
Jean Desailly (24 August 1920 – 11 June 2008) was a French actor. He was a member of the Comédie-Française from 1942 to 1946, and later participated in about 90 movies.
Life and career
Desailly studied at the École nationale supérieure des ...
as Jocelyn
*
Simone Valère
Simone Valère (2 August 1923 – 11 November 2010) was a French actress. She appeared in more than forty films from 1941 to 1993.
Filmography
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Valere, Simone
1923 births
2010 deaths
Actresses from Pa ...
as Laurence
*
Jean Vilar
Jean Vilar (25 March 1912– 28 May 1971) was a French actor and theatre director.
Vilar trained under actor and theatre director Charles Dullin, then toured with an acting company throughout France. His directorial career began in 1943 in a sma ...
as Le supérieur du nouveau séminaire
*
Nicole Berger as Julie, la soeur de Jocelyn
*
Jean Debucourt
Jean Debucourt (19 January 1894 – 22 March 1958) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1920 and 1958.
Selected filmography
* '' The Little Thing'' (1923)
* ''Jean Chouan'' (1926)
* '' Madame Récam ...
as Le parrain de Julie
*
Yvette Etiévant
Yvette Etiévant (1922–2003) was a French actress. She starred in Yves Robert's '' War of the Buttons'' (''La Guerre des boutons'') in 1962.
Filmography
*1945: '' Les Dames du bois de Boulogne'' (directed by Robert Bresson) - La bonne
*194 ...
as Soeur Louise
*
Alexandre Rignault
Alexandre Rignault (14 February 1901 – 2 April 1985) was a French actor. He appeared in more than a hundred films between 1931 and 1985.
Selected filmography
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rignault, Alexandre
1901 births
1985 deaths
...
as Le berger
*
André Carnège
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as Le supérieur de l'ancien séminaire
*
Germaine de France
*
Étienne Aubray
*
Gérard Buhr
Gérard Buhr (8 May 19288 January 1988) was a French film and television actor.
Selected filmography
* ' (1950)
* ''Quai de Grenelle'' (1950) - Petit rôle (uncredited)
* '' Beware of Blondes'' (1950) - Un journaliste (uncredited)
* ''Monte Carl ...
*
Marguerite Cavadasky
*
Guy Favières
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*
Christian Melsen
*
Albert Michel
Albert Michel (1909–1981) was a French stage, film and television actor.Paietta p.40
Selected filmography
* ''Je chante'' (1938) - Un laitier (uncredited)
* ''Ne bougez plus'' (1941) - Clanpinet
* ''Chèque au porteur'' (1941)
* ''Fièvres'' ( ...
*
Roger Rafal
*
Guy Rapp
Guy or GUY may refer to:
Personal names
* Guy (given name)
* Guy (surname)
* That Guy (...), the New Zealand street performer Leigh Hart
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* Guy, Alberta, a Canadian hamlet
* Guy, Arkansas, US, a city
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*
Jean-Michel Rouzière
*
Georges Sellier Georges may refer to:
Places
*Georges River, New South Wales, Australia
*Georges Quay (Dublin)
*Georges Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Other uses
*Georges (name)
* ''Georges'' (novel), a novel by Alexandre Dumas
* "Georges" (song), a 1977 ...
References
Bibliography
* Hayward, Susan. ''French Costume Drama of the 1950s: Fashioning Politics in Film''. Intellect Books, 2010.
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1952 films
1950s French-language films
Remakes of French films
Films directed by Jacques de Casembroot
1950s historical drama films
French historical drama films
Films set in the 18th century
1952 drama films
French black-and-white films
1950s French films
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