''Leathernose'' (, ) is a 1952 French-Italian

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directed by

Yves Allégret Yves Allégret (13 October 1905 – 31 January 1987) was a French film director, often working in the film noir genre. He was born in Asnières-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine and died in Paris. He was an assistant to film directors such as his brothe ...

and starring

Jean Marais Jean-Alfred Villain-Marais (11 December 1913 – 8 November 1998), known professionally as Jean Marais (), was a French actor, film director, theatre director, painter, sculptor, visual artist, writer and photographer. He performed in over 100 f ...

Françoise Christophe Françoise Christophe (1923–2012) was a French film and television actress.Goble p.201 Partial filmography * '' Premier rendez-vous'' (1941) - Une pensionnaire de l'orphelinat (uncredited) * ''Love Marriage'' (1942) - La secrétaire * ''Fant� ...

and Mariella Lotti.Hayward p.68 It is an adaptation of the 1936 novel by Jean de La Varende, set in France in the years after the

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. It was shot at the

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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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 ...

Main cast

as Roger de Tainchebraye *

as Judith de Rieusses * Jean Debucourt as Le marquis de Brives * Mariella Lotti as Hélène Josias *

Massimo Girotti Massimo Girotti (18 May 1918 – 5 January 2003) was an Italian film actor whose career spanned seven decades. Biography Born in Mogliano, in the province of Macerata, Girotti developed his athletic physique by swimming and playing polo. While ...

as Le docteur Marchal * Yvonne de Bray as Marie-Bonne * Valentine Tessier as Simone de Tainchebraye * Marcel André as Josias * Denis d'Inès as Le duc de Laval * Françoise Prévost as Une jeune invitée *

Giani Esposito Giani Esposito (23 August 1930 – 1 January 1974) was a FrenchDeath certificate n° 7/1974 oGiani Esposito on French site Les Gens du Cinéma/ref> film actor and singer-songwriter. Esposito was born from the union of a French mother with an It ...

as Un jeune invité * Yolande Laffon as Madame de Brigade - une vieille dame * Madeleine Lambert as Une invitée * Yves Massard as Un gentilhomme

References

Bibliography

* Hayward, Susan. ''French Costume Drama of the 1950s: Fashioning Politics in Film''. Intellect Books, 2010.

External links

* 1952 films 1950s Italian-language films Films scored by Georges Auric Films directed by Yves Allégret Films based on French novels Italian historical films French historical films 1950s historical films Films set in the 19th century Pathé films French black-and-white films Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films 1950s French films Films shot at Joinville Studios {{1950s-Italy-film-stub