''This Age Without Pity'' (French: ''Cet âge est sans pitié'') is a 1952 French
comedy film
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Colette Darfeuil
Colette Darfeuil (born Emma Henriette Augustine Floquet, 7 February 1906 – 15 October 1998) was a French actress whose film career began at age 14 in 1920 and continued through the early 1950s.
Darfeuil made her screen debut in at age 14 ...
,
André Alerme
André Alerme (9 September 1877 – 31 January 1960) was a French actor.
Alerme was born Marie André Alerme in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France and died at the age of 82 in Montrichard, Loir-et-Cher, France.
Selected filmography
* ''Black and Wh ...
and
Jean Tissier
Jean Tissier (1896–1973) was a French stage, film and television actor.Goble p.440
A prolific actor, he had more than two hundred fifty appearances on screen during his career. He was married to the actress Georgette Tissier.
Selected filmogr ...
.Bazin p.259 It was shot using the
Gevacolor
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process. It was filmed at the
Victorine Studios
Victorine Studios (French: Studios de la Victorine) are a film studio in the French city of Nice. They are also known as the Nice Studios. Several small studios have also existed in the city.
Originally built in 1921 in an attempt to create a Ho ...
in
Nice
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Cannes
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French Riviera
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.
Synopsis
Four
university
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acting
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Acting involves a broad range of sk ...
students decide to take a
camping
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holiday
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. Their car breaks down near a village where a
historical film
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is being shot by a celebrated
director
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Literature
* ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine
* ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker
* ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty
Music
* Director (band), an Irish rock band
* ''D ...
, and featuring the famous
sex symbol
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Barbara Glamour.
Cast
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Colette Darfeuil
Colette Darfeuil (born Emma Henriette Augustine Floquet, 7 February 1906 – 15 October 1998) was a French actress whose film career began at age 14 in 1920 and continued through the early 1950s.
Darfeuil made her screen debut in at age 14 ...
as Barbara Glamour, la star du film en tournage
*
André Alerme
André Alerme (9 September 1877 – 31 January 1960) was a French actor.
Alerme was born Marie André Alerme in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France and died at the age of 82 in Montrichard, Loir-et-Cher, France.
Selected filmography
* ''Black and Wh ...
as Boniface Médéric, le réalisateur du film
*
Jean Tissier
Jean Tissier (1896–1973) was a French stage, film and television actor.Goble p.440
A prolific actor, he had more than two hundred fifty appearances on screen during his career. He was married to the actress Georgette Tissier.
Selected filmogr ...
as Bigarreau, l'assistant-réalisateur
*
José Noguero
José Noguero (March 10, 1905 – March 11, 1993) was a French film and stage actor and comedian. In 1948 he starred in the film '' The Lame Devil'' directed by Sacha Guitry. He was the son of Spanish immigrants. Between 1930 and 1980 he appear ...
as Eduardo Tocata, le jeune premier
*
Jean Vinci
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People
* Jean (female given name)
* Jean (male given name)
* Jean (surname)
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* Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character
* Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations
* Jean ...
as André
*
Jacques Famery
Jacques Famery (July 20, 1923 – January 18, 2014) was a French film actor. Although known primarily for roles in the Cinema of France, he lived in Quebec for a time in the 1970s and was also a figure in the Cinema of Quebec during that time.
as Léon,
*
France Degand
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as Christiane
*
Colette Deréal
Colette Deréal (; born Colette Denise de Glarélial; 22 September 1927 – 12 April 1988) was a French actress and singer. She is best known for representing Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961.
Eurovision Song Contest 1961
Deréal ...
*Bazin, André . ''Bazin on Global Cinema, 1948-1958''. University of Texas Press, 2014.
* Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.