Marie-Octobre (1959)

Director:

Julien Duvivier

Writers:

Julien Duvivier, Henri Jeanson (dialogue),

Stars:

Danielle Darrieux, Bernard Blier, Robert Dalban

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Danielle Darrieux	...	Marie-Hélène Dumoulin, dite Marie-Octobre
Bernard Blier	...	Julien Simoneau, avocat d'Assises
Robert Dalban	...	Léon Blanchet, serrurier
Paul Frankeur	...	Lucien Marinval, mandataire aux Halles
Jeanne Fusier-Gir	...	Victorine, la gouvernante
Paul Guers	...	Père Yves Le Guen
Daniel Ivernel	...	Robert Thibaud, médecin-accoucheur
Paul Meurisse	...	François Renaud-Picart, industriel
Serge Reggiani	...	Antoine Rougier, imprimeur
Noël Roquevert	...	Etienne Vandamme, contrôleur des contributions
Lino Ventura	...	Carlo Bernardi, patron de boîte de nuit

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

wrestling match | suicide | single set production | servant | resistance | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

24 April 1959 (France)

Also Known As:

Secret Meeting

Company Credits

Production Co:

Abbey Films, Doxa Films, Orex Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Connections

Remade as Marie-Octobre (2008)

User Reviews

very much talking

This movie is more like a theater-play: very much talking and hardly any action. All talking is done in French, and deals with a very haunting issue: in 1959 a former French resistance group reunites to search themselves for a traitor who killed one of them back in 1944. In this way a real Agatha Christie-like plot develops, all set in the long dark shadows of World War II and its horrors. Leading female star Danielle Darrieux gives a glittering performance, both in her talking and in her presence. The male cast around her consists of some of the greatest French actors at the time. 'Marie-Octobre' is not an easy movie to watch: you have to concentrate on it. If you do so, you'll be swept along onto its climax and surprising end.