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Elämän aloittelijat

Original title: Entrée des artistes
  • 19381938
  • K-16K-16
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
262
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Janine Darcey, Claude Dauphin, Louis Jouvet, and Odette Joyeux in Elämän aloittelijat (1938)
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Isabelle, Cécilia and François are drama students at the "Conservatoire d'art dramatique". Cécilia is in love with François, but the young man is in love with Isabelle instead. Cécilia elabo... Read allIsabelle, Cécilia and François are drama students at the "Conservatoire d'art dramatique". Cécilia is in love with François, but the young man is in love with Isabelle instead. Cécilia elaborates a desperate plan to get back at François.Isabelle, Cécilia and François are drama students at the "Conservatoire d'art dramatique". Cécilia is in love with François, but the young man is in love with Isabelle instead. Cécilia elaborates a desperate plan to get back at François.
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
262
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  • Director
    • Marc Allégret
  • Writers
    • Henri Jeanson(screenplay)
    • André Cayatte(screenplay)
    • André Cavin
  • Stars
    • Louis Jouvet
    • Claude Dauphin
    • Odette Joyeux
  • Director
    • Marc Allégret
  • Writers
    • Henri Jeanson(screenplay)
    • André Cayatte(screenplay)
    • André Cavin
  • Stars
    • Louis Jouvet
    • Claude Dauphin
    • Odette Joyeux
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    • 3User reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Louis Jouvet
    Louis Jouvet
    • Le professeur Lambertin
    Claude Dauphin
    Claude Dauphin
    • François Polti
    Odette Joyeux
    Odette Joyeux
    • Coecilia
    Janine Darcey
    Janine Darcey
    • Isabelle
    André Brunot
    André Brunot
    • Monsieur Grenaison
    Robert Pizani
    Robert Pizani
    • Jérôme
    Madeleine Lambert
    • Élisabeth
    Roger Blin
    • Dominique
    Mady Made
    • Denise
    Babita Soren
    • Norah
    • (as Babita Sauren)
    Henri Busquet
    • L'huissier du Conservatoire
    Georges Pally
    • Marty, la patron du café
    Madeleine Geoffroy
    • Madame Grenaison
    • (as Mad. Geoffroy)
    Yves Brainville
    • Sylvestre
    Gaby André
    Gaby André
    • Mireille, une élève du Conservatoire
    • (as Gaby Andreu)
    Hélène Dassonville
    • Une élève du Conservatoire
    Sanda Dancovici
    • Une élève du Conservatoire
    Anita Daene
    • Une élève du Conservatoire
    • Director
      • Marc Allégret
    • Writers
      • Henri Jeanson(screenplay) (dialogue)
      • André Cayatte(screenplay)
      • André Cavin
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    • Trivia
      When this film had a re-release in July 1944, the role originally played by Marcel Dalio was been cut, and his name was removed from the credits and the posters, because he was Jewish. In that print of the film, Dalio's scenes have been reshot with Fred Pasquali, but his voice is still used on the soundtrack.

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    10/10
    No wrinkle at all, some 70 years later...!!!
    Some 70 years after it came out, this film, in my opinion, did not take any wrinkle!

    Definitely, Louis Jouvet was an extraordinary actor … In Entrée Des Artistes, once more, his play touches the spectator… holds it breathless…

    To tell the truth, in this movie, all the actors have fantastic acting, perfect diction and a common quality: the theatrical dimension… and by mentioning only Jouvet, I am strongly unfair with the other comedians.

    Hope they might forgive me, if you don't!

    Allégret, with a consumed art, takes us along in the world of the actors, like in the world of the human beings: the drama in real life, the comedy at the theater…

    And even if I must admit that I might have preferred a different end, incorrigible optimist that I am, it keeps a coherent dramatic sense.

    In few words, I thus adored this film, even if the quality of the VHS can only make me consider it regrettable that there was yet no restoration...

    If you're able to see it, don't miss it!

    ***A film is never really good unless the camera is an eyes in the head of a poet Orson Welles***
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    • Release date
      • November 17, 1940 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • The Curtain Rises
    • Filming locations
      • Studios Filmsonor, Epinay-sur-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
    • Production company
      • Regina Films
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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