Une histoire d'amour (1951)
Directed by Guy Lefranc

Drama / Romance
aka: Young Love

Film Review

Abstract picture representing Une histoire d'amour (1951)
An otherwise predictable tragic love story is made more interesting by having the narrative structured as a mystery thriller.  In his last film role, that great actor of stage and screen Louis Jouvet plays detective, investigating a mysterious double suicide.  (The actor was ill whilst making the film and died shortly after the shooting had been completed.)   The ill-fated lovers are played by Daniel Gélin and Dany Robin, an attractive couple, even if most of their scenes lack any real spark.  Jean Grémillion was originally to have directed this film, but when he pulled out he was replaced by Guy Lefranc at Jouvet's suggestion (the two men having recently worked together on an adaptation of Knock ).
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Next Guy Lefranc film:
Elle et moi (1952)

Film Synopsis

One morning, two policemen come across the dead bodies of a young man and woman in wrecked coach on a stretch of waste ground.  It appears to be an open and shut case of suicide by cyanide poisoning, but Inspector Plonche insists on carrying out his own investigation into the events which led to this tragic outcome.  The dead man was Jean Bompart, the son of a failed sculptor, Auguste, and the dead woman was his 18-year-old girlfriend Catherine, daughter of a successful businessman Charles Mareuil.  Plonche discovers that Mareuil and his wife were vehemently opposed to Jean's intention to marry their daughter...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Guy Lefranc
  • Script: Michel Audiard
  • Cinematographer: Louis Page
  • Music: Paul Misraki
  • Cast: Louis Jouvet (L'inspecteur Ernest Plonche), Dany Robin (Catherine Mareuil), Daniel Gélin (Jean Bompart), Georges Chamarat (Auguste Bompart), Yolande Laffon (Mme de Mareuil), Renée Passeur (Léa), Catherine Erard (Odile de Frontin), Pierre Moncorbier (Le valet des Mareuil), Paul Barge (Le commissaire Constant), Marcel Herrand (Charles Mareuil), Claude Achard (Petit rôle), Catherine Arley (Une invitée), Daniel Ceccaldi (Le militaire qui tire mal à la fête foraine), Marius David (Le brigadier), René de Obaldia (Le planton de la P.J.), Blanche Denège (Une invitée), Pierre Duncan (Un forain), Pierre Ferval (Petit rôle), Gaston Garchery (Petit rôle), Madeleine Gérôme (Une invitée)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 95 min
  • Aka: Young Love

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