''School for Love'' (''Futures vedettes'') is a French

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film from 1955 directed by Marc Allégret, written by Marc Allégret and starring

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and Jean Marais. The screenplay was based on a novel by

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.Futures vedettes (1955)
at the ''Films de France'' The film was known under the titles ''Joy of Living'' or ''School for Love'' in the U.S., ''Sweet Sixteen'' in the U.K. and ''Reif auf jungen Blüten'' in West Germany.

Plot

Tenor Eric Walter is a teacher at a Vienna conservatory who is separated from his wife, opera singer Marie. When he begins seeing one of the students, Sophie, another student named Elisa becomes jealous.

Cast

* Jean Marais as Éric Walter *

as Sophie * Isabelle Pia as Élis (Élisa) *

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as Clément * Denise Noël as Marie Koukowska-Walter * Mischa Auer (crédité Misha Auer) as Berger *

Lila Kedrova Yelizaveta Nikolaevna Kedrova (Russian: Елизавета Николаевна Кедрова; 9 October 1909 – 16 February 2000), known as Lila Kedrova, was a Russian-born French actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actre ...

as la mère de Sophie * Edmond Beauchamp as le père d’Élis *

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as la mère d’Élis * Georges Reich as Dick * Anne Colette as Marion * Odile Rodin as Erika * Mylène Demongeot as The vocalist

Reception

The film performed poorly at the French box office, with only 949,416 admissions.

References

External links

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''Future Vendettes''
at

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''Future Vendettes''
at BFI

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