Casque d'or (1952)

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Director:

Jacques Becker

Writers:

Jacques Becker (scenario) and
Jacques Companéez (scenario) ...

Release Date:

18 August 1952 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

L'histoire d'une femme dont chaque amour fut...

Plot:

In an open-air dance hall, the members of Leca's gang are relaxing with their ladies. One of them, Marie...

Plot Keywords:

Love | Friendship | Blackmail | Paris | Sacrifice

Awards:

Won BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Simone Signoret	...	Marie 'Casque d'Or'
Serge Reggiani	...	Georges Manda
Claude Dauphin	...	Félix Leca
Raymond Bussières	...	Raymond
Odette Barencey	...	La mère d'Eugène
Loleh Bellon	...	Léonie Danard
Solange Certin
Jacqueline Dane
Daniel Mendaille	...	Le patron de la guinguette / Guinguette
Dominique Davray	...	Julie
Paul Barge	...	L'inspecteur Juliani / Police Insp. Giuliani
Paul Azaïs	...	Ponsard
Claude Castaing	...	Fredo
Jean Clarieux	...	Paul
Tony Corteggiani	...	Le commissaire / Superintendent

Also Known As:

Golden Helmet
Golden Marie (USA)

Runtime:

96 min | USA:94 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Optiphone)

Certification:

UK:PG (2007) | UK:X (1952) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Annet-sur-Marne, Seine-et-Marne, France

Company:

Robert et Raymond Hakim

Trivia:

Literary critics at the time were outraged by the fact that Jacques Becker chose to emphasize atmospherics at the expense of psychology. Nevertheless, Becker's approach had a profound effect on the young film-makers that would later go on to form the French New Wave, thereby changing French cinema forever.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Jackpot 2 (1982)

The french naturalism of the hand of Jacques Becker

Passes the year of 1900 when it happens the film, Marie (Simone Sginoret), is a beautiful blond prostitute of Paris lover of a component of a gang of thugs. Problems arise when Marie, (Simone Signoret) falls in love with a carpenter "Manda" very friend of one of the components of the gang"Raymond". The story is based on real facts, and reflects the inevitability of naturalism french. The conviction that makes the poor and humble characters players in this film, which does not give option and from the outset is smells the tragic end. The planes are carried out on the face of the protagonist Simone Signoret, are splendid, a great beauty. The scenarios of the film are very good of a huge realism, that remind us of the authentic photographs of those years, as the wedding who see the two players, dances and the gesture of all the characters. Its director Jacques Becker achieves a masterpiece in this movie.