''The Respectful Prostitute'' (French: ''La Putain respectueuse'') is a 1952 French
crime
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drama film
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directed by
Marcello Pagliero
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Pagliero was born in London and died in Paris. He is perhaps best known for his performance in the Roberto Rossellini film ''Rome, ...
and starring
Barbara Laage,
Ivan Desny
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and
Marcel Herrand. It is an adaptation of
Jean-Paul Sartre
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's 1946 play ''
The Respectful Prostitute''.
It was shot at the
Photosonor Studios in
Courbevoie
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. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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Maurice Colasson
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.
Cast
References
Bibliography
* Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. ''Histoire du cinéma français: 1951-1955''. Pygmalion, 1989.
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
* Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
*
L’Amour n’est pas un péché (1952)at the ''Films de France''
1952 films
French crime drama films
1950s French-language films
French black-and-white films
Foreign films set in the United States
French films based on plays
Films directed by Marcello Pagliero
1952 crime drama films
1950s French films
Films with screenplays by Alexandre Astruc
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