The Idol (1948 film)

The Idol
Directed byAlexander Esway
Written byJean-Paul Le Chanois
Marcel Rivet
Produced byFrançois Carron
StarringYves Montand
Albert Préjean
Suzanne Dehelly
CinematographyPaul Cotteret
Edited byRaymond Louveau
Music byJean Marion
Production
company
Productions Sigma
Distributed byLes Films Vog
Release date
  • 13 February 1948 (1948-02-13)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The Idol (French: L'idole) is a 1948 French sports drama film directed by Alexander Esway and starring Yves Montand, Albert Préjean and Suzanne Dehelly.[1] [2] It was shot at the François 1er Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert-Jules Garnier.

Synopsis

A young woodcutter is recruited by an unscrupulous manager to be a champion boxer. Winning fight after fight he is soon a national sensation and the idol of the people. However he discovers that his victories were all fixed by his manager who now wants him to lose his next fight. Outraged, he does his best to win but is defeated. He announces to the world the truth of his career and then returns to his humble beginnings with the woman who had always loved him for himself rather than his exaggerated role as a public idol.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Harriss p.50
  2. ^ Rège p.368

Bibliography

  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950. Pygmalion, 1986
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
  • Harriss, Joseph. Yves Montand: The Passionate Voice. University Press of Kentucky, 2024.