''This Age Without Pity'' (French: ''Cet âge est sans pitié'') is a 1952 French

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Marcel Blistène Marcel Blistène, born Marcel Blitstein (3 June 1911 in Paris – 2 August 1991), was a French film director. Marcel Blistène joined Paramount Pictures, Paramount in 1930 as an assistant, after studying literature. He then began a career as ...

and starring

Colette Darfeuil Colette Darfeuil (born Emma Henriette Augustine Floquet, 7 February 1906 – 15 October 1998) was a French actress whose film career began at age 14 in 1920 and continued through the early 1950s. Darfeuil made her screen debut in at age 14 ...

André Alerme André Alerme (9 September 1877 – 31 January 1960) was a French actor. Alerme was born Marie André Alerme in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France and died at the age of 82 in Montrichard, Loir-et-Cher, France. Selected filmography * ''Black and Wh ...

and

Jean Tissier Jean Tissier (1896–1973) was a French stage, film and television actor.Goble p.440 A prolific actor, he had more than two hundred fifty appearances on screen during his career. He was married to the actress Georgette Tissier. Selected filmograp ...

. Bazin p.259 It was shot using the

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process. It was filmed at the

Victorine Studios Victorine Studios (French: Studios de la Victorine) are a film studio in the French city of Nice. They are also known as the Nice Studios. Several small studios have also existed in the city. Originally built in 1921 in an attempt to create a H ...

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and on location around

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and

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on the

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Synopsis

Four

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students decided to take a

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. There car breaks down near a village where a

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is being shot by a celebrated

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and featuring a famous

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Barbara Glamour.

Cast

as Barbara Glamour, la star du film en tournage *

as Boniface Médéric, le réalisateur du film *

as Bigarreau, l'assistant-réalisateur *

José Noguero José Noguero (March 10, 1905 – March 11, 1993) was a French film and stage actor and comedian. In 1948 he starred in the film '' The Lame Devil'' directed by Sacha Guitry. He was the son of Spanish immigrants. Between 1930 and 1980 he appea ...

as Eduardo Tocata, le jeune premier *

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as André *

Jacques Famery Jacques Famery (July 20, 1923 – January 18, 2014) was a French film actor.Ginibre, Lithgow & Cady p.102 Selected filmography * '' My First Love'' (1945) - René * '' Son of France'' (1946) - François * ''Bichon'' (1948) - Jacques Fontange * ' ...

as Léon, *

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as Christiane *

Colette Deréal Colette Deréal (; born Colette Denise de Glarélial; 22 September 1927 – 12 April 1988) was a French actress and singer. Eurovision Song Contest 1961 Deréal was born in Saint-Cyr-l'École, Seine-et-Oise (now Yvelines), France. In 1961, D ...

as Monique * Paul Demange as l'opérateur

References

Bibliography

*Bazin, André . ''Bazin on Global Cinema, 1948-1958''. University of Texas Press, 2014. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1952 films 1950s French-language films 1952 comedy films French comedy films Films directed by Marcel Blistène Films about filmmaking 1950s French films Films shot at Victorine Studios {{1950s-France-film-stub fr:Cet âge est sans pitié