Lettres d’amour
A deceptive lightness distinguishes this farcical second feature made by Claude Autant-Lara while Germany occupied France. During the reign of Napoléon III, a plucky businesswoman (Odette Joyeux) agrees to receive love letters to a prefect’s wife from a young official, and soon finds herself embroiled in a scandal that inflames a town’s class tensions. A transporting period piece with ornate costumes by Christian Dior, Lettres d’amour paints a blithely pointed portrait of life in a highly stratified society.
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Cast
- Odette Joyeux
- Zélie Fontaine
- François Périer
- François du Portal
- Julien Carette
- Loriquet
- Simone Renant
- Hortense
- Jean Debucourt
- Emperor Napoléon III
- Jean Parédès
- Désiré Ledru, lawyer
- Robert Vattier
- Counselor Boubousson
- Louis Salou
- Baron de Mortemort
- André Alerme
- The Marquis of Longeviale
- Robert Arnoux
- La Jacquerie
Credits
- Director
- Claude Autant-Lara
- Adapted from the story by
- Henry Aurenche
- Adaptation by
- Maurice Blondeau
- Scenario and dialogue by
- Jean Aurenche
- Cinematography by
- Philippe Agostini
- Production design by
- Robert Dumesnil
- Art direction by
- Jacques Krauss
- Costume design by
- Christian Dior
- Editing by
- Yvonne Martin
- Music by
- Maurice Yvain
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