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The Pretty Miller Girl
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Wikipedia article
'The Pretty Miller Girl' (French: 'La Belle Meunire') is a 1949 French musical film directed by Marcel Pagnol and starring Tino Rossi, Jacqueline Pagnol and Raoul Marco. It is part of the tradition of operetta films. The title is a reference to Schubert's song cycle 'Die schne Mllerin'.
Synopsis
Composer Franz Schubert goes to the countryside to find inspiration.[http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=2946.html AlloCine][http://www.unifrance.org/film/4762/la-belle-meuniere UniFrance Films][http://www.premiere.fr/film/La-Belle-Meuniere-140952 La Belle Meunire], 'Premiere', He meets a girl, Brigitte, near a windmill. However, the local lord wants her as his lover. Distraught, Schubert leaves and writes some new music to get over it.
The film was shot with Rouxcolor technology.Brett Bowles, 'Marcel Pagnol', Manchester: Manchester University Press, p. 4 The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani.
Cast
*Tino Rossi as Franz Schubert
*Jacqueline Pagnol as Brigitte
*Raoul Marco as Matre Guillaume
* as the Countess
*Raphal Patorni as Count Christian
* as the Baroness
*Suzanne Desprs as the lavender-girl
*Roger Monteaux
*Christian Bertola
*Jean-Paul Coquelin
*Pierrette Rossi
*Gustave Hamilton
*Edouard Hemme
*Jules Dorpe
References
Category:1949 films
Category:Films directed by Marcel Pagnol
Category:1940s French-language films
Category:French black-and-white films
Category:French historical musical films
Category:Films based on songs
Category:Films set in the 1820s
Category:Films set in Austria
Category:Films about classical music and musicians
Category:Films about composers
Category:Cultural depictions of Franz Schubert
Category:1940s historical musical films
Category:Operetta films
Category:Gaumont Film Company films
Category:1940s French films
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