Camille

Camille

1934 · 110 min · ★ 9.0 · Drama

Alexandre Dumas' romantic novel Lady of the Camelias (more popularly known as Camille) was filmed twice in 1953, first in Argentina, then in France. The Argentine film was heavily modernized, while the French version returns to Dumas' 19th-century milieu. Micheline Presle is excellent as Marguerite, the gorgeous courtesan who flits from man to man until she finds true love in the form of the much-younger Armand (Rolande Alexandre). Though he is willing to marry her despite her past, she is persuaded to forsake him, lest his reputation be ruined. The story then wends its way towards its famous tragic finale, as the consumptive Marguerite is permitted a few brief moments of happiness before her flame is permanently extinguished. Advertised as the seventh version of the Dumas classic, La Dame aux Camelias was certainly not the last.

Directed by Abel Gance

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Yvonne Printemps Marguerite Gauthier
Pierre Fresnay Armand Duval
Jane Marken Prudence
Roland Armontel Gaston
André Dubosc le duc
Armand Lurville Saint-Gaudens
Andrée Lafayette Olympe
Lugné-Poe M. Duval
Irma Génin Nichette
Renée Sénac Nanine
Eddy Debray Varville
Pierre Morin Le docteur

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