''Behold Beatrice'' or ''Beatrice's Temptation'' (French: ''Béatrice devant le désir'') is a 1944 French

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directed by

Jean de Marguenat Jean de Marguenat (2 May 1893 – 16 April 1956) was a French screenwriter and film director. He directed nineteen films including the 1937 British musical ''The Street Singer (1937 film), The Street Singer'' (1937). Earlier in his life de Margu ...

and starring Fernand Ledoux,

Jules Berry Jules Berry (; born Marie Louis Jules Paufichet; 9 February 1883 – 23 April 1951) was a French actor. Biography Early life Berry and his two brothers were born to parents who sold hardware and settled in Poitou. The family moved to Paris in 1 ...

and Renée Faure. It features an early performance by the future star

Simone Signoret Simone Signoret (; born Simone Henriette Charlotte Kaminker; 25 March 1921 – 30 September 1985) was a French actress. She received various accolades, including an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, a César Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and ...

.Hayward p.4 It was shot at the Victorine Studios in the southern French city of

Nice Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...

Georges Wakhévitch Georges Wakhévitch (; Georgy Leonidovich Vakhevich; August 18, 1907 in Odessa, Russian Empire – February 11, 1984 in Paris) was a Russian-born French art director. The son of a naval engineer, he immigrated to France in 1921. He grew up in Par ...

Cast

* Fernand Ledoux as Le docteur Mauléon *

as Richelière * Renée Faure as Béatrice * Gérard Landry as José *

Thérèse Dorny Thérèse Dorny (born Thérèse Jeanne Longo-Dorni; 18 September 1891 – 14 March 1976) was a French film and stage actress. Biography Thérèse Jeanne Longo-Dorni was born on 18 September 1891 in Paris, Île-de-France, France, the only child ...

as Tante Hermance * Jacques Berthier as Jacques Richelière * Marie Carlot as Paula * Jean Barrère * Henry Bonvallet as Le docteur Lemonsquier * Mario Cazes as Le violoniste * Georges Gosset * Lucy Lancy as Gaby * Liliane Lonville * Emma Lyonel as Madame Dourthe * Jean-Jacques Lécot * Marfisa as La chanteuse * Marguerite Mayanne as Madame de Saint-Savin * Marcelle Naudia as La baronne *

Suzy Pierson Suzy Pierson (1902–1996) was a French film actress.Goble p.128 She played lead roles in several silent films of the 1920s. Selected filmography * ''Paris'' (1924) * '' Six and One Half Times Eleven'' (1927) * '' The Three-Sided Mirror'' (1927 ...

as Madame de Wallée * Robert Pizani as Alfred * Jacques Sablon * Maud Saintange *

as Liliane Moraccini *

Georges Térof Georges may refer to: Places *Georges River, New South Wales, Australia * Georges Quay (Dublin) *Georges Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania Other uses * Georges (name) * ''Georges'' (novel), a novel by Alexandre Dumas * "Georges" (song), a 19 ...

as Machonneau

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Hayward, Susan. ''Simone Signoret: The Star as Cultural Sign''. A&C Black, 2004.

External links

* 1944 films French drama films 1944 drama films 1940s French-language films Films directed by Jean de Marguenat French black-and-white films 1940s French films Films scored by Georges Van Parys {{1940s-France-film-stub