''Three Rooms in Manhattan'' (french: Trois chambres à Manhattan) is a black-and-white 1965
French drama film
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filmed in New York City.
It is based on the 1946 novel "Trois Chambres à Manhattan" (which has been translated into English as "Three Rooms in Manhattan" and "Three Bedrooms in Manhattan") by Belgian writer
Georges Simenon
Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (; 13 February 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a Belgian writer. He published nearly 500 novels and numerous short works, and was the creator of the fictional detective Jules Maigret.
Early life and education ...
, about a romance between François, a French actor, and Kay, an American woman. The film is
Robert De Niro
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's feature film debut.
Cast
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Annie Girardot
Annie Suzanne Girardot (25 October 193128 February 2011) was a French actress. She often played strong-willed, independent, hard-working, and often lonely women, imbuing her characters with an earthiness and reality that endeared her to women und ...
as Kay Larsi
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Maurice Ronet
Maurice Ronet (13 April 1927 – 14 March 1983) was a French film actor, director, and writer.
Early life
Maurice Ronet was born Maurice Julien Marie Robinet in Nice, Alpes Maritimes. He was the only child of professional stage actors Émile Ro ...
as François Comte
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O.E. Hasse as Hourvitch
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Roland Lesaffre
Roland Lesaffre (26 June 1927 – 3 February 2009) was a French film actor.Turk p.380 He appeared in many films directed by Marcel Carné.
Selected filmography
* ''La présidente'' (1938)
* ''L'embuscade'' (1941)
* '' La Marie du port'' (1950) - ...
as Pierre
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Gabriele Ferzetti
Gabriele Ferzetti (born Pasquale Ferzetti; 17 March 1925 – 2 December 2015) was an Italian actor with more than 160 credits across film, television, and stage. His career was at its peak in the 1950s and 1960s.
Ferzetti's first leading role ...
as Comte Larsi
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Geneviève Page
Geneviève Page (born Geneviève Bonjean, 13 December 1927) is a French actress with a film career spanning fifty years and also numerous English-speaking film productions. She is the daughter of French art collector Jacques Paul Bonjean (1899– ...
as Yolande Combes
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Robert Hoffmann
Robert Hoffmann (30 August 1939 – 4 July 2022) was an Austrian actor, best known to British audiences for his title role performance in '' The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe'' (1964).
Hoffmann was born in Salzburg. ''Crusoe'' was his screen d ...
as Thierry
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Margaret Nolan
Margaret Ann Nolan (29 October 1943 – 5 October 2020) was an English actress, visual artist and glamour model. She appeared in '' Goldfinger'', '' A Hard Day's Night'' and six '' Carry On'' films, and also regularly appeared on screen from t ...
as June
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Virginia Vee as La chanteuse noire
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Robert De Niro
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had a small uncredited part as a client at a dinner scene.
[ Richard S. Castellano as appears as an angry American. ]Abe Vigoda
Abraham Charles Vigoda (February 24, 1921 – January 26, 2016) was an American actor known for his portrayals of Salvatore Tessio in ''The Godfather'' (1972) and Phil Fish in both ''Barney Miller'' (1975–1977, 1982) and ''Fish'' (1977–19 ...
also appears uncredited as a man in an elevator.
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1965 films
French black-and-white films
1965 drama films
Films based on Belgian novels
Films based on works by Georges Simenon
1960s French-language films
Films directed by Marcel Carné
Films shot in New York City
1960s French films
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