''No Exit'' (French: ''Huis-clos'') is a 1954 French
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by
Jacqueline Audry
Jacqueline Audry (25 September 1908 – 22 June 1977) was a French film director who began making films in post-World War II France and specialised in literary adaptations. She was the first commercially successful female director of post-war ...
and starring
Arletty,
Gaby Sylvia and
Franck Villard.
It was adapted by Pierre Laroche and
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (, ; ; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary criticism, literary critic, considered a leading figure in 20th ...
from Sartre's
stage play
A play is a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between characters and is intended for theatrical performance rather than mere reading. The creator of a play is known as a playwright.
Plays are staged at various levels, ranging ...
,
Cast
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Arletty as Inès Serrano, a lesbian
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Gaby Sylvia as Estelle Rigaud, a murderer
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Franck Villard as Joseph Garcin, a good-for-nothing
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Yves Deniaud as le garçon d'étage (the Valet)
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Nicole Courcel as Olga, Estelle's best friend
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Danièle Delorme
Gabrielle Danièle Marguerite Andrée Girard (9 October 1926 – 17 October 2015), known by her stage name Danièle Delorme (), was a French actress and film producer, famous for her roles in films directed by Marc Allégret, Julien Duvivier an ...
as Florence, the lover of Inès
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Jean Debucourt as the general
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Jacques Chabassol as Pierre, a young man besotted with Estelle
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Arlette Thomas as Mme Garcin, Joseph's wife
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Louis de Funès (uncredited)
See also
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No Exit
''No Exit'' (, ) is a 1944 existentialist French play by Jean-Paul Sartre. The play was first performed at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier in May 1944. The play centers around a depiction of the afterlife in which three deceased characters a ...
'' (1962)
References
External links
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''Huis-clos'' (1954)at the ''Films de France''
1954 films
French drama films
1950s French-language films
French black-and-white films
Films directed by Jacqueline Audry
French films based on plays
Lesbian-related films
Films scored by Joseph Kosma
1954 drama films
1950s French films
French-language drama films
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