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Before the Deluge (French film)
Before the Deluge (French film)
	Scene from the film, l.t.r.: Jacques Fayet, Clément Thierry, Jacques Chabassol and Marina Vlady.
Directed by	André Cayatte
Written by	André Cayatte; Charles Spaak
Produced by	François Carron
Starring	Antoine Balpêtré
Cinematography	Jean Bourgoin
Edited by	Paul Cayatte
Music by	Georges Van Parys
Production; companies	Union Générale Cinématographique ; Documento Film
Distributed by	L'Alliance Générale de Distribution Cinématographique
Release date	26 February 1954;
Running time	138 minutes
Countries	France ; Italy
Language	French

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Before the Deluge (French: Avant le déluge) is a 1954 French-Italian drama film directed by André Cayatte. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]^[2] It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier.

Plot

Four boys and a girl want to get away from their parents and their country because they are afraid of an atomic war. They plan to use a boat to get to an idyllic island. When they realise their savings aren't sufficient they feel it was justified to obtain the required money by committing a crime.

Cast

Antoine Balpêtré as Monsieur Albert Dutoit (as Balpetre)
Paul Bisciglia as Jean-Jacques Noblet
Bernard Blier as Monsieur Marcel Noblet
Jacques Castelot as Serge de Montesson
Jacques Chabassol as Jean Arnaud
Clément Thierry as Philippe Boussard (as Clement-Thierry)
Roger Coggio as Daniel Epstein
Léonce Corne as Commissaire Auvain (as Leonce Corne)
Jacques Fayet as Richard Dutoit
Paul Frankeur as Monsieur Boussard
Isa Miranda as Madame Françoise Boussard
Carlo Ninchi as the presiding judge
Line Noro as Madame Arnaud (as Line Noro de la Comédie Française)
Marcel Pérès as Inspecteur Mallingré (as Marcel Peres)
Albert Rémy as waiter at the café (as Albert Remy)
Delia Scala as Josette
André Valmy as the second police inspecteur (as Andre Valmy)
Julien Verdier as the night watchman
Marina Vlady as Liliane Noblet
Maria Zanoli as Madame Dutoit (as Maria Emma Zanolli)

References

^ "Festival de Cannes: Before the Deluge". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 24 January 2009.
^ "Before the Deluge". unifrance.org. Retrieved 31 July 2013.

External links

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[festival-cannes.com-1] "Festival de Cannes: Before the Deluge". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 24 January 2009.

[2] "Before the Deluge". unifrance.org. Retrieved 31 July 2013.

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+'''''Before the Deluge''''' ({{langx|fr|'''Avant le déluge'''}}) is a 1954 French-Italian [[drama film]] directed by [[André Cayatte]]. It was entered into the [[1954 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3810/year/1954.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Before the Deluge |accessdate=24 January 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.unifrance.org/movie/2257/before-the-deluge|title=Before the Deluge|publisher=unifrance.org|accessdate=31 July 2013}}</ref> It was shot at the [[Billancourt Studios]] in [[Paris]]. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Jacques Colombier]].
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