L'Appel du destin
Encyclopedia
L'Appel du destin is a French
comedy
drama
film from 1953, directed by Georges Lacombe
, written by Jacques Viot, starring Georgette Anys and Jean Marais
. In United Kingdom the film was known under the title "Der Ruf des Schicksals" (Germany), "De enige weg" (Belgium).
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
comedy
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
drama
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...
film from 1953, directed by Georges Lacombe
Georges Lacombe (film director)
-Filmography:* 1928 : La Zone * 1931 : Boule de gomme* 1932 : La Femme invisible* 1933 : Un jour d'été* 1933 : Ce cochon de Morin* 1934 : Jeunesse* 1935 : Épousez ma femme* 1935 : La Route heureuse...
, written by Jacques Viot, starring Georgette Anys and Jean Marais
Jean Marais
-Biography:A native of Cherbourg, France, Marais starred in several movies directed by Jean Cocteau, for a time his lover, most famously Beauty and the Beast and Orphée ....
. In United Kingdom the film was known under the title "Der Ruf des Schicksals" (Germany), "De enige weg" (Belgium).
Cast
- Jean MaraisJean Marais-Biography:A native of Cherbourg, France, Marais starred in several movies directed by Jean Cocteau, for a time his lover, most famously Beauty and the Beast and Orphée ....
: Lorenzo Lombardi - Roberto Benzi : Roberto Lombardi
- Jacqueline Porel : Lucienne Lombardi
- Georgette Anys : La grosse Lolo
- Renée Devillers : Germaine Obrecht
- Édouard Delmont : M. Galibert
- Charles Dechamps : Monsieur Roze
- Fernand SardouFernand SardouFernand Sardou was a French singer and actor.Sardou was the father of Michel Sardou, and he married Jackie Rollin , an actress. His two grandsons are French novelist Romain Sardou and French actor Davy Sardou....
: Dottore Aldo Guarneri - Germaine Pape : Mme Torquato
- Fernand Rauzéna : M. Torquato
External links
- L'Appel du destin (1953) at the Films de France