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L'Atalante

  • 19341934
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
16K
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Jean Dasté and Dita Parlo in L'Atalante (1934)
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Newly married couple Juliette and a ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L'atalante along with the captain's first mate Le père Jules and a cabin boy.Newly married couple Juliette and a ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L'atalante along with the captain's first mate Le père Jules and a cabin boy.Newly married couple Juliette and a ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L'atalante along with the captain's first mate Le père Jules and a cabin boy.
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
16K
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  • Director
    • Jean Vigo
  • Writers
    • Jean Guinée(scenario)
    • Albert Riéra(adaptation)
    • Jean Vigo(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Dita Parlo
    • Jean Dasté
    • Gilles Margaritis
Top credits
  • Director
    • Jean Vigo
  • Writers
    • Jean Guinée(scenario)
    • Albert Riéra(adaptation)
    • Jean Vigo(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Dita Parlo
    • Jean Dasté
    • Gilles Margaritis
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 79User reviews
    • 95Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Dita Parlo in L'Atalante (1934)
    Jean Dasté and Dita Parlo in L'Atalante (1934)
    À Propos de Nice (1930)
    Jean Dasté and Dita Parlo in L'Atalante (1934)
    Michel Simon in L'Atalante (1934)
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    Jean Dasté and Dita Parlo in L'Atalante (1934)
    Dita Parlo in L'Atalante (1934)
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    Jean Dasté, Gilles Margaritis, and Michel Simon in L'Atalante (1934)

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    Dita Parlo
    Dita Parlo
    • Julietteas Juliette
    Jean Dasté
    Jean Dasté
    • Jeanas Jean
    Gilles Margaritis
    • Le camelot (peddler)as Le camelot (peddler)
    Louis Lefebvre
    • Le gosse (cabin boy)as Le gosse (cabin boy)
    Maurice Gilles
    • Le chef de bureau (office manager)as Le chef de bureau (office manager)
    Raphaël Diligent
    • Le trimardeur (trampas Le trimardeur (tramp
    • (as Rafa Diligent)
    • …
    Michel Simon
    Michel Simon
    • Le père Jules (old Jules)as Le père Jules (old Jules)
    Claude Aveline
      René Blech
      • Best Man at Weddingas Best Man at Wedding
      • (uncredited)
      Lou Bonin
      • Passenger at Railway Stationas Passenger at Railway Station
      • (uncredited)
      Jacques B. Brunius
      • Policeman with a Bicycleas Policeman with a Bicycle
      • (uncredited)
      Fanny Clair
      • Juliette's Motheras Juliette's Mother
      • (uncredited)
      Fanny Clar
      • La mère de Julietteas La mère de Juliette
      • (uncredited)
      Charles Dorat
      • Thiefas Thief
      • (uncredited)
      Paul Grimault
      • Passenger at Railway Stationas Passenger at Railway Station
      • (uncredited)
      Genya Lozinska
      • Fortune Telleras Fortune Teller
      • (uncredited)
      Gen Paul
      • Master of Ceremonies at Weddingas Master of Ceremonies at Wedding
      • (uncredited)
      Jacques Prévert
      Jacques Prévert
      • Passenger at Railway Stationas Passenger at Railway Station
      • (uncredited)
      • Director
        • Jean Vigo
      • Writers
        • Jean Guinée(scenario)
        • Albert Riéra(adaptation) (dialogue)
        • Jean Vigo(adaptation) (dialogue)
      • All cast & crew
      • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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      • Trivia
        The last film completed by Jean Vigo before his death from tuberculosis at twenty-nine.
      • Alternate versions
        1934-04-25 --- Jean Vigo's authorized cut before his death, at 89 min running time, shown to exhibitors and distributors mostly, at Palais Rochechouart, Paris, France. This version is lost.
      • Connections
        Edited into Cinéastes de notre temps: Jean Vigo (1964)
      • Soundtracks
        La Chanson des Mariniers
        Music by Maurice Jaubert

        Lyrics by Charles Goldblatt

      User reviews79

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      Top review
      9/10
      To See Paris and ...
      "People are strange when you are stranger

      Faces look ugly when you're alone

      Women seem wicked when you are unwanted

      Streets are uneven when you are down…" by Jim Morrsion (1963-1971)

      …And city of light and love is dark and depressing when you are there without your beloved.

      Director Jean Vigo died young (at 29, of septicemia) just after he finished his third and last film, "L'Atalante" which is one of the screen's great romances, about a young barge captain Jean (Jean Daste), who takes his bride Juliette (Dita Parlo) to live aboard his boat. They are in love, they fight, she disappears to see Paris, he goes searching for her, can not find her, they are both desperate and miserable until the first mate (Michel Simon in a superb comical performance) decides to find her and bring her back…

      The film has many magical moments, such as the young man searching for his sweetheart under water or the movie's most erotic scene that display both Jean and Juliette tossing in their lonely beds during one aching night of separation searching for each other, longing for each other, realizing how painful and meaningless life is without the one they love.

      Vigo knew that he was dying – "I am killing myself with L'Atalante", he said. His death at 29 is one of the cinema's great losses. We can only imagine what masterpieces he could've created. L'Atalante with its simple compelling story, humanity, intense, lyrical romanticism and candid eroticism shows that Vigo was a visionary and experimentalist of outstanding quality.

      Filmmakers as diverse as Francois Truffaut and Lindsay Anderson have acknowledged Vigos's influence on their work.

      Highly recommended: 9/10
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      Details

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      • Release date
        • June 21, 1947 (United States)
      • Country of origin
        • France
      • Languages
        • French
        • Russian
      • Also known as
        • Atalante
      • Filming locations
        • Bassin de la Villette, Paris 19, Paris, France
      • Production companies
        • Argui-Film
        • Gaumont-Franco Film-Aubert (G.F.F.A)
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      Box office

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      • Gross worldwide
        • $9,505
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 29 minutes
      • Color
        • Black and White
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.37 : 1

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