Manon (film)
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Manon (Template:IPA-fr) is a 1949 French film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. It is an adaptation of the 1731 novel Manon Lescaut by Abbé Prévost. Clouzot updates the setting to World War II, making the story about a French Resistance fighter who rescues a woman from villagers convinced she is a Nazi collaborator.
The film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
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Cast
- Serge Reggiani ... Leon Lescaut
- Michel Auclair ... Robert Dégrieux
- Cécile Aubry ... Manon Lescaut
- Andrex ... Le trafiquant
- Raymond Souplex ... M. Paul
- André Valmy ... Lieutenant Besnard / Bandit Chief
- Henri Vilbert ... Le commandant du navire / Ship's Captain
- Héléna Manson ... La commère (une paysanne normande)
- Dora Doll ... Juliette
- Simone Valère ... Isé, la soubrette
- Gabrielle Fontan ... La vendeuse à la toilette
- Gabrielle Dorziat ... Mme Agnès
- Wanda Ottoni
- Rosy Varte ... Petit rôle
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