Before the Deluge
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Before the Deluge is a 1954
French
drama film
directed by André Cayatte
. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival
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1954 in film
The year 1954 in film involved some significant events and memorable ones.-Events:*May 12 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces wife Marion Benda...
French
Cinema of France
The Cinema of France comprises the art of film and creative movies made within the nation of France or by French filmmakers abroad.France is the birthplace of cinema and was responsible for many of its early significant contributions. Several important cinematic movements, including the Nouvelle...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by André Cayatte
André Cayatte
André Cayatte was a French New Wave filmmaker and lawyer, who became known for his films centering on themes of crime, justice, and moral responsibility, themes which Cayatte persisted in affirming regardless of changing contemporary attitudes.Some of Cayatte's earlier films that covered these...
. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival
1954 Cannes Film Festival
-Jury:*Jean Cocteau *Jean Aurenche *André Bazin *Luis Buñuel*Henri Calef *Guy Desson *Philippe Erlanger *Michel Fourre-Cormeray *Jacques-Pierre Frogerais...
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Cast
- Antoine BalpêtréAntoine BalpêtréAntoine Balpêtré was a French film actor. He appeared in 52 films between 1933 and 1963.-Selected filmography:* Le Corbeau * Dieu a besoin des hommes * Justice Is Done...
- Monsieur Albert Dutoit (as Balpetre) - Paul BiscigliaPaul Bisciglia-Career:Throughout his acting career, Bisciglia appeared in more than one-hundred feature films. He made his debut in the 1950 film Trois télégrammes. What followed was several uncredited roles, before landing a much larger part in drama Clara de Montargis...
- Jean-Jacques Noblet - Bernard BlierBernard BlierBernard Blier was a French character actor. His rotund features and premature baldness allowed him to often play cuckolded husbands in his early career. He proved to be one of France's most versatile and sought-after character actors, performing interchangeably in comedies and dramas...
- Monsieur Marcel Noblet - Jacques CastelotJacques CastelotJacques Castelot was a French film actor. He appeared in 86 films between 1938 and 1982. His brother was the writer André Castelot and their father was the Symbolist painter Maurice Chabas.-Selected filmography:...
- Serge de Montesson - Jacques Chabassol - Jean Arnaud
- Clément Thierry - Philippe Boussard (as Clement-Thierry)
- Roger CoggioRoger CoggioRoger Coggio was a French actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in 40 films between 1954 and 1998...
- Daniel Epstein - Léonce CorneLéonce CorneLéonce Corne was a French film actor. He appeared in 120 films between 1931 and 1974.-Selected filmography:* Forces occultes * Return to Life * We Are All Murderers...
- Le commissaire Auvain (as Leonce Corne) - Jacques Fayet - Richard Dutoit
- Paul Frankeur - Monsieur Boussard
- Isa MirandaIsa MirandaIsa Miranda was an Italian actress with an international film career.A native of Bergamo, Isa Miranda worked as a typist whilst attending the drama academy in Milan and training as a stage actress. She went on to play bit parts in Italian films in Rome...
- Madame Françoise Boussard - Carlo NinchiCarlo NinchiCarlo Ninchi was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 128 films between 1931 and 1963.He was born in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, and died in Rome.-Selected filmography:* I Love You Only...
- Le président du tribunal - Line Noro - Madame Arnaud (as Line Noro de la Comédie Française)
- Marcel PérèsMarcel PérèsMarcel Pérès is a French musicologist, composer, choral director and singer, and the founder of the early music group Ensemble Organum. He is an authority on Gregorian and pre-Gregorian chant....
- L'inspecteur Mallingré (as Marcel Peres) - Albert RémyAlbert RémyAlbert Rémy was a French actor best known for his supporting roles in François Truffaut's first two feature films. He played Antoine Doinel's father in The 400 Blows and Charlie Koller's brother in Shoot the Piano Player...
- Le garçon de café (as Albert Remy) - Delia ScalaDelia ScalaDelia Scala was an Italian ballerina and actress.Born Odette Bedogni in Bracciano, Lazio, Italy, as a young girl the family moved to Milan where she studied ballet at "La Scala" Ballet School for seven years...
- Josette - André ValmyAndré ValmyAndré Valmy is a French film actor. Hew was born André Antoine Marius Dugenet in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. He appeared in 66 films between 1940 and 2001.-Selected filmography:* Une si jolie petite plage...
- L'autre inspecteur de police (as Andre Valmy) - Julien Verdier - Le veilleur de nuit
- Marina VladyMarina VladyMarina Vlady is a French actress.She won the Best Actress Award at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival for The Conjugal Bed. From 1955 to 1959 she was married to actor/director Robert Hossein...
- Liliane Noblet - Maria ZanoliMaria ZanoliMaria Zanoli was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 45 films between 1943 and 1961.-Selected filmography:* Vengeance * Le Notti Bianche * L'ultimo amante...
- Madame Dutoit (as Maria Emma Zanolli)