Camille

Story

Synopsis

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.

Directors

Fernand Rivers, Abel Gance

Language

French

Country

France

Release date

2 November 1934

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  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