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Dde d'Anvers
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Wikipedia article
'Dde d'Anvers' is a 1948 French drama film directed by Yves Allgret that stars Bernard Blier, Simone Signoret, and Marcel Dalio. The film was released in English-speaking markets under the titles 'Dedee' and 'Woman of Antwerp'.
Plot
Forced to leave France, Dde and her bullying pimp Marco have reached Antwerp, where she is one of the girls in Ren's bar and Marco is the doorman, doing drug deals on the side. Taking a stroll by the docks in the early evening, Dde meets Francesco, sympathetic Italian captain of a cargo ship, who knows Ren. When he comes later to the bar, he discusses some secret deal with Ren and then takes Dde to a hotel for the night.
The two have fallen for each other and he would like to take her away with him, but this would need the agreement of Ren and of Marco. Ren is happy to do a favour to Francesco, happy to free Dde from the obnoxious Marco, who he throws out into the street, and says he is happy to drive Dde to Francesco's ship once he has closed the bar for the night.
While Francesco is waiting on the jetty for Dde to appear, Marco shoots him dead, drops his gun, and disappears. When Ren and Dde arrive to find the body, they comb the nightspots of the city in search of Marco, eventually catching him at the railway station. At gunpoint they take him to a lonely spot where Ren, after knocking him out, runs the car over him.
Cast
* Bernard Blier as Monsier Ren
* Simone Signoret as Dde
* Marcello Pagliero as Francesco
* Marcel Dalio as Marco
* Jane Marken as Germaine
* Marcel Dieudonn as smuggler
* Marcelle Arnold as Magda
References
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