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Silence Is Golden

Original title: Le silence est d'or
  • 1947
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
564
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Silence Is Golden (1947)
ComedyDramaRomance

1910. A friend leaves his daughter, Madeleine, with Emile a French film producer. Emile falls in love with her. Problems starts when his young friend Jacques returns from military service co... Read all1910. A friend leaves his daughter, Madeleine, with Emile a French film producer. Emile falls in love with her. Problems starts when his young friend Jacques returns from military service complaining his misfortune with women. Once he follows Emile's advice to have an affair, he ... Read all1910. A friend leaves his daughter, Madeleine, with Emile a French film producer. Emile falls in love with her. Problems starts when his young friend Jacques returns from military service complaining his misfortune with women. Once he follows Emile's advice to have an affair, he meets Lucette and falls in love with her instead.

  • Director
    • René Clair
  • Writer
    • René Clair
  • Stars
    • Maurice Chevalier
    • François Périer
    • Marcelle Derrien
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    564
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • René Clair
    • Writer
      • René Clair
    • Stars
      • Maurice Chevalier
      • François Périer
      • Marcelle Derrien
    • 4User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins

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    Maurice Chevalier
    Maurice Chevalier
    • Emile Clément
    François Périer
    François Périer
    • Jacques Francet
    Marcelle Derrien
    Marcelle Derrien
    • Madeleine Célestin
    Dany Robin
    Dany Robin
    • Lucette
    Christiane Sertilange
    • Marinette
    • (as Ch. Sertilange)
    Roland Armontel
    Roland Armontel
    • Célestin - un acteur de théâtre
    • (as Armontel)
    Raymond Cordy
    Raymond Cordy
    • Le Frisé
    • (as R. Cordy)
    Paul Demange
    Paul Demange
    • Le sultan de Socotora
    • (as P. Demange)
    Max Dalban
    • Cricri - un machiniste
    • (as M. Dalban)
    Jean Daurand
    • Alfred - un machiniste
    • (as J. Dauran)
    Bernard Lajarrige
    Bernard Lajarrige
    • Paulo
    • (as B. Lajarrige)
    Albert Michel
    • Zanzi
    • (as A. Michel)
    Gaston Modot
    Gaston Modot
    • Gustave - le caméraman
    • (as G. Modot)
    Paul Ollivier
    Paul Ollivier
    • Le comptable
    • (as P. Olivier)
    Robert Pizani
    Robert Pizani
    • Monsieur Duperrier
    • (as R. Pizani)
    Bruno Balp
      Robert Berri
      • Le dragueur barbu à l'opérette
      • (uncredited)
      Jean Berton
      • Un spectateur
      • (uncredited)
      • Director
        • René Clair
      • Writer
        • René Clair
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      Did you know

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      • Trivia
        Emile Clément was to be played by Raimu, but the actor died before filming began.
      • Connections
        Featured in Les dossiers de l'écran: Il y a 75 ans, le cinéma (1970)
      • Soundtracks
        Pour les Amants c'est tous les Jours Dimanches
        Music by Georges Van Parys

        Lyrics by René Clair

        Performed by Maurice Chevalier

      User reviews4

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      René Clair had just come back from the USA,so this movie is the follow-up to "and then there were none" ,based on Agatha Christie's play (and not novel) .Clair was in his element again , I was never convinced by his take on whodunit.

      It was the time the director came to term with his past , that is to say the silent age when, like Renoir and Duvivier ,he was already working;so he knew what he was taking about and his movie is one of the best dealing with la Belle Epoque ,at the time of the Cinematographe , when the movies were made in cheapstake settings but fascinated the ladies (who liked happy endings best ) who were picked up par les messieurs .

      Clair's work is full of nostalgia ,the silent age -check the title:(= silence is golden-) was the time when he was himself in his twenties .Gone is the youth; Maurice Chevalier ,10 years his senior ,plays the part of his alter ego ;many consider his part of an old beau his best role .He still thinks he's an irresistible womanizer pretending he's his best friend's daughter's guardian and protecting her from man's lust ,but ,though she may be his daughter, , she's exclusive preserve. He's a director ,par excellence ,the job that makes the girls drool .

      But he also claims to give a young actor (François Périer) lessons in seduction ; hearing the old buck talk to women is just a joy; and hearing the pupil using the same sentences ,the same quotations (from poet Ronsard ) is a trick worthy of peer Sacha Guitry .

      But this education might backfire on the "teacher" ;this culminate in "oriental passion " , a film the director is shooting ,in which pretending is no longer the rule .Anyway the old beau was actually cynical and hypocrit .

      The ending ,with the coming of the sultan ,is hilarious and perhaps inspired by Molière 's "le bourgeois gentilhomme" : is the lady for sale? And Clair laughs at the decoration ,and perhaps at all the decorations,including la légion d'honneur , which loses its value when it's awarded to the first to come;poets, like him,don't need it.

      The female lead,Marcelle Derrien ,was only a shooting star,whereas Dany Robin,who 's just got a small supporting role, would work with Decoin,Duvivier, Litvak ,Audry, ,Guitry and would end her career with Hitchcock ("topaz").
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      • Release date
        • May 21, 1947 (France)
      • Countries of origin
        • France
        • United States
      • Language
        • French
      • Also known as
        • Man About Town
      • Filming locations
        • Studios Pathé-Cinéma - 6 rue Francoeur, Paris 18, Paris, France
      • Production companies
        • Pathé Consortium Cinéma
        • RKO Radio Pictures
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 40 minutes
      • Color
        • Black and White
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.37 : 1

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