The Lady of the Camellias (1953 film)

The Lady of the Camellias (French: La dame aux camélias, Italian: La signora dalle camelie) is a 1953 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Raymond Bernard and starring Micheline Presle, Gino Cervi and Roland Alexandre. It is based on the 1848 novel of the same title by Alexandre Dumas.[1][2] It was shot in Gevacolour at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Léon Barsacq.

The Lady of the Camellias
Directed byRaymond Bernard
Written byRaymond Bernard
Jacques Natanson
Based onThe Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas
Produced byAlbert Dodrumez
Pierre Gurgo-Salice
Maurice Lehmann
André Mouëzy-Éon
StarringMicheline Presle
Gino Cervi
Roland Alexandre
CinematographyPhilippe Agostini
Edited byCharlotte Guilbert
Music byFrancis Lopez
Production
companies
Compagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique
Royalty Films
Union des Distributeurs Indépendants
Lux Film
Distributed byCompagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique
Lux Film
Release date
  • 6 November 1953 (1953-11-06)
Running time
111 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguageFrench

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References

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  1. ^ Goble p. 137
  2. ^ Hayward p. 464

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. (1999) The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p.137
  • Hayward, Susan. (2010) French Costume Drama of the 1950s: Fashioning Politics in Film. Intellect Books, p. 464
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