Young Love (film)

Young Love
Directed by	Guy Lefranc
Written by	Michel Audiard
Produced by	Jacques Bar Jacques Roitfeld
Starring	Louis Jouvet Dany Robin Daniel Gélin
Cinematography	Louis Page
Edited by	Monique Kirsanoff
Music by	Paul Misraki
Production company	Les Films Raoul Ploquin
Distributed by	La Société des Films Sirius
Release date	14 November 1951 (1951-11-14)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Young Love or A Love Story (French: Une histoire d'amour) is a 1951 French romantic drama film directed by Guy Lefranc and starring Louis Jouvet, Dany Robin and Daniel Gélin.[1] [2] [3] It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location in the city and around Le Touquet. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Clavel.

Synopsis

Inspector Plonche, investing the suicide of two young people Catherine and Jean, questions their parents. He establishes that the young couple were deeply in love but were prevented by her parents who considered him an unsuitable suitor. Rather than be kept apart they chose to commit suicide together.

Cast

• Louis Jouvet as L'inspecteur Ernest Plonche
• Dany Robin as Catherine Mareuil
• Daniel Gélin as Jean Bompart
• Georges Chamarat as Auguste Bompart
• Yolande Laffon as Madame de Mareuil
• Renée Passeur as Léa
• Catherine Erard as Odile de Frontin
• Pierre Moncorbier as Le valet des Mareuil
• Paul Barge as Le commissaire Constant
• Marcel Herrand as Charles Mareuil

References

1. "Une histoire d'amour de Guy Lefranc (1951) - Unifrance".
2. Rège p.620
3. Bessy & Chirat p.112

Bibliography

• Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1951–1955. Pygmalion, 1989.
• Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

• Young Love at IMDb