La Dame aux camélias

Synopsis

Alexandre Dumas' romantic novel Lady of the Camelias (more popularly known as Camille) was filmed twice in 1953, first in Argentina, then in France. The Argentine film was heavily modernized, while the French version returns to Dumas' 19th-century milieu. Micheline Presle is excellent as Marguerite, the gorgeous courtesan who flits from man to man until she finds true love in the form of the much-younger Armand (Rolande Alexandre). Though he is willing to marry her despite her past, she is persuaded to forsake him, lest his reputation be ruined. The story then wends its way towards its famous tragic finale, as the consumptive Marguerite is permitted a few brief moments of happiness before her flame is permanently extinguished. Advertised as the seventh version of the Dumas classic, La Dame aux Camelias was certainly not the last.

Main Cast

Yvonne Printemps

Marguerite Gauthier

Age : 82 | Popularity : 3%

Pierre Fresnay

Armand Duval

Age : 77 | Popularity : 4%

Jane Marken

Prudence

Age : 81 | Popularity : 3%

Roland Armontel

Gaston

Age : 78 | Popularity : 7%

André Dubosc

le duc

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Armand Lurville

Saint-Gaudens

Age : 80 | Popularity : 3%

Andrée Lafayette

Olympe

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Camera	Director of Photography	Harry Stradling Sr.
Directing	Director	Abel Gance Fernand Rivers
Department	Role	Name

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