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Bel Ami (1955 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Bel Ami' is a 1955 historical drama film directed by Louis Daquin and starring Anne Vernon, Rene Faure and Jean Danet.Williams p.150 It was a co-production between Austria, France and East Germany. The film was shot in the Soviet-controlled Rosenhgel Studios in Vienna.
It is an adaptation of the 1885 novel 'Bel Ami' by Guy de Maupassant.
Cast
;French Version
* Jean Danet as Georges Duroy, called "Bel Ami"
* Anne Vernon as Clothilde de Marelle
* Rene Faure as Madeleine Forestier
* Ren Lefvre as Le banquier Walter
* Christl Mardayn as Virginie Walter
* Maria Emo as Suzanne Walter
* Jacqueline Duc as Rachel
* Jean-Roger Caussimon as Charles Forestier
* Lukas Ammann as Le ministre Laroche-Mathieu
* Egon von Jordan as Le reporter Saint-Potin
;German Version
* Johannes Heesters as Georges Duroy, called "Bel Ami"
* Gretl Schrg as Clothilde de Marelle
* Marianne Schnauer as Madeleine Forestier
* Ren Lefvre as Le banquier Walter
* Christl Mardayn as Virginie Walter
* Maria Emo as Suzanne Walter
* Jacqueline Duc as Rachel
* Jean-Roger Caussimon as Charles Forestier
* Lukas Ammann as Le ministre Laroche-Mathieu
* Egon von Jordan as Le reporter Saint-Potin
References
Bibliography
* Williams, Alan. 'Film and Nationalism'. Rutgers University Press, 2002.
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