''The Naked Heart'' (French title: ''Maria Chapdelaine'') is a 1950 British-French
historical
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drama film
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directed by
Marc Allégret, based on the novel ''
Maria Chapdelaine
''Maria Chapdelaine'' is a romance novel written in 1913 by the Breton writer Louis Hémon, who was then residing in Quebec.Guy Laflèche. Polémiques'. Editions du Singulier; 1992. . p. 126 – 128. Aimed at young French and Quebecois people ...
'' by
Louis Hémon
Louis Hémon (12 October 1880 – 8 July 1913), was a French writer best known for his novel ''Maria Chapdelaine''.
Biography
He was born in Brest, France. In Paris, where he resided with his family, he was enrolled in the Montaigne and Loui ...
. The film stars
Michèle Morgan
Michèle Morgan (; née Simone Renée Roussel; 29 February 1920 – 20 December 2016) was a French film actress, who was a leading lady for three decades in both French cinema and Hollywood features. She is considered to have been one of the g ...
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Kieron Moore
Kieron Moore (born Ciarán Ó hAnnracháin, anglicised as Kieron O'Hanrahan) (5 October 1924 – 15 July 2007) was an Irish film and television actor whose career was at its peak in the 1950s and 1960s. He may be best remembered for his role as ...
and
Françoise Rosay. It was released in separate English and French versions. A
previous film version had been made in 1934.
It tells the story of a convent girl in a remote Northern Canadian village at the beginning of the 20th century.
Cast
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Michèle Morgan
Michèle Morgan (; née Simone Renée Roussel; 29 February 1920 – 20 December 2016) was a French film actress, who was a leading lady for three decades in both French cinema and Hollywood features. She is considered to have been one of the g ...
as Maria Chapdelaine
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Kieron Moore
Kieron Moore (born Ciarán Ó hAnnracháin, anglicised as Kieron O'Hanrahan) (5 October 1924 – 15 July 2007) was an Irish film and television actor whose career was at its peak in the 1950s and 1960s. He may be best remembered for his role as ...
as Lorenzo Surprenant
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Françoise Rosay as Laura Chapdelaine
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Jack Watling
Jack Stanley Watling (13 January 1923 – 22 May 2001) was an English actor.
Life and career
The son of a travelling scrap metal dealer, Watling trained at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts as a child; and made his stage debut in ''Where ...
as Robert Gagnon
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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
Juliette Gréco (; ...
as François Paradis
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Nancy Price
Nancy Price, CBE (3 February 1880 – 31 March 1970), was an English actress on stage and screen, author and theatre director. Her acting career began in a repertory theatre company before progressing to the London stage, silent films, talkies and ...
as Theresa Suprenant
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Francis de Wolff
Francis Marie de Wolff (7 January 191318 April 1984) was an English character actor. Large, bearded, and beetle-browed, he was often cast as villains in both film and television.
Life and career
Born in Essex, he made his film debut in ''Flame ...
as Papa Suprenant
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George Woodbridge as Samuel Chapdelaine
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Brian Roper as Tit-Be Chapdelaine
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1950 films
1950s English-language films
English-language French films
1950s French-language films
British historical drama films
1950s historical drama films
Films directed by Marc Allégret
French black-and-white films
Films based on French novels
Films based on Canadian novels
Films set in Quebec
1950 drama films
British black-and-white films
1950s British films
1950s French films
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