''A Woman at Her Window'' () is a 1976 French drama film directed by

Pierre Granier-Deferre Pierre Granier-Deferre (2 July 1927 – 16 November 2007) was a French film director and screenwriter. His 1971 film ''Le Chat'' (The Cat) won the Best Actor and Best Actress awards at the 21st Berlin International Film Festival. His 19 ...

, starring

Romy Schneider Rosemarie Magdalena Albach (23 September 1938 – 29 May 1982), known professionally as Romy Schneider (), was a German and French actress. She is regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses of all time and became a cult figure due to ...

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and

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. Based on the 1929 novel '' Hotel Acropolis'' by

Pierre Drieu La Rochelle Pierre Eugène Drieu La Rochelle (; 3 January 1893 – 15 March 1945) was a French writer of novels, short stories, and political essays. He was born, lived and died in Paris. Drieu La Rochelle became a proponent of French fascism in the 1930 ...

, it tells the story of a woman who helps a union leader sought by police in 1930s Greece. The film had 1,205,887 admissions in France. At the

2nd César Awards The 2nd César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best France, French 1976 in film, films of 1976 and took place on 19 February 1977 at Salle Pleyel in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Lin ...

, Schneider was nominated for

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and Jean Ravel was nominated for Best Editing.

Plot

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in 1936, Rico and Margot are married in name only. He pursues other women while she, rich and beautiful, has many suitors, the most bearable being Raoul. Outwardly frivolous, what she wants is not an extramarital affair but a grand passion. One hot night in August she sees from her window a man pursued by the police and on an impulse lets him hide in her bedroom. He is Michel, an anti-regime militant whose courage, idealism, and humanity overwhelm her. To hide him from the police, she gets him hired as chauffeur to Raoul and the two then disappear together. Rico and Raoul try to find her, but in vain. In 1967 a young woman visits Greece, trying to find traces of her parents: Margot and Michel.

Cast

as Margot (Santorini) *

as Raoul Malfosse *

as Michel Boutros *

as Rico (Santorini) *

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as Primoukis *

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as Dora Cooper *

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as Avghi * Nelli Riga as Amalia * Joachim Hansen as Stahlbaum *

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as Von Pahlen * Vasilis Kolovos as Andréas * Paul Muller as Le Directeur * Camille Piton as Le Gardien * Aldo Farina as L'Américain

References

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* 1976 films 1976 drama films Films based on French novels Films based on works by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle Films directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre Films scored by Carlo Rustichelli Films set in Greece Films shot in Athens Films set in the 1930s Films set in the 1940s French drama films 1970s French-language films French nonlinear narrative films 1970s French films {{1970s-France-film-stub