The Woman I Loved Most (French: La femme que j'ai le plus aimée) is a 1942 French drama film directed by Robert Vernay and starring Arletty, Mireille Balin and Lucien Baroux.[1] [2] It was shot at the Cité Elgé Studios in Occupied Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux.
| The Woman I Loved Most | |
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| Directed by | Robert Vernay |
| Written by | Yves Mirande |
| Produced by | Arys Nissotti Pierre O'Connell |
| Starring | Arletty Mireille Balin Lucien Baroux |
| Cinematography | Roger Hubert |
| Edited by | Jean Feyte |
| Music by | Maurice Yvain |
Production company | Regina Films |
| Distributed by | Regina Distribution |
Release date | 20 March 1942 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Synopsys
A young man with a broken heart intends to commit suicide, and in order to console him, his uncle and friends tell the stories of their own broken hearts.
Cast
- Arletty as Simone, surgeon's tenant
- Mireille Balin as Ferval's wife
- Lucien Baroux as Louis Drotort, artist
- René Lefèvre as Georges, industrialist's son
- André Luguet as lawyer
- Noël-Noël as surgeon
- Raymond Rouleau as Claude Ferval, playwright
- Jean Tissier as Hubert Barnabé, theater director
- Michèle Alfa as Michèle Fabreuse, female sculptor
- Raymond Aimos as gladiator model
- René Bergeron as concierge
- Simone Berriau as artist's wife
- Bernard Blier as funeral director
- Renée Devillers as Jeanne, secretary
- Maurice Escande as Gaëtan
- Charles Granval as industrialist, father of George
- Pierre Magnier as uncle
- Raymond Segard as nephew
- Marcel Vallée as critic
- Alfred Adam as Charles, attorney
- Paul Faivre as Panouille, clerk
- Jacqueline Gauthier as Rose, Simone's maid
- Pierre Jourdan as friend of Claude
- Missia as housekeeper
- Paul Demange as hairdresser
- Geneviève Morel as flower girl
References
Bibliography
- Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950. Pygmalion, 1986
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.