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Le Bal du comte d'Orgel (film)

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'Le Bal du compte d'Orgel' is a French film from 1970. It was the last film directed by Marc Allgret, who was also the producer of this film. It was screened at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival, but wasn't entered into the main competition.

Plot



Based on Raymond Radiguet's book of the same name, posthumously published in 1924, the film concerns a ball hosted by the Comte d'Orgel .

Set in 1920, the Comte hosts a soire and dance for the upper echelons of Parisian society. One of the guests is a handsome young man named Franois de Sryeuse (played by Bruno Garcin), who during the course of the ball falls in love with the Comte's wife, Comtesse Mah (played by Sylvie Fennec).

The Comtesse alerts her husband (the Comte), but he dismisses it, seeing de Sryeuse as childish and common. However, Mah falls for Franois, and faints with passion on stage during a performance of The Tempest with Franois. Mah continues to dream about him, however she is confined in her marriage.

Cast



* Jean-Claude Brialy : Le comte Anne d'Orgel

* Sylvie Fennec : La comtesse Mah d'Orgel

* Bruno Garcin : Franois de Seyrieuse

* Micheline Presle : Madame de Seyrieuse

* Grard Lartigau : Paul Robin

* Sacha Pitoff : Le prince Naoumof

* Marpessa Dawn : Marie

* Claude Gensac : Mademoiselle d'Orgel

* Ginette Leclerc : Hortense d'Austerlitz

* Aly Raffy : Mirza

* Marcel Charvey : L'ambassadeur

* Batrice Chatelier : Amina

* Max Montavon : Un invit

* Wendy Nicholls : Hester

References



Category:1970 films

Category:Adultery in films

Category:French historical drama films

Category:1970s French-language films

Category:1970s historical drama films

Category:Films directed by Marc Allgret

Category:Films set in 1920

Category:Films based on French novels

Category:1970 drama films

Category:1970s French films


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