Le dernier métro (1980)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

François Truffaut

Writers:

François Truffaut (scenario) &
Suzanne Schiffman (scenario) ...

Release Date:

19 February 1981 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

A story of love and conflict.

Plot:

In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.

Plot Keywords:

Theater | Paris | Nazi | French Resistance | Ménage À Trois

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 12 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Catherine Deneuve	...	Marion Steiner
Gérard Depardieu	...	Bernard Granger
Jean Poiret	...	Jean-Loup Cottins
Andréa Ferréol	...	Arlette Guillaume
Paulette Dubost	...	Germaine Fabre
Jean-Louis Richard	...	Daxiat
Maurice Risch	...	Raymond Boursier
Sabine Haudepin	...	Nadine Marsac
Heinz Bennent	...	Lucas Steiner
Christian Baltauss	...	Bernard's Replacement
Pierre Belot	...	Desk Clerk
René Dupré	...	Valentin
Aude Loring
Alain Tasma	...	Marc
Rose Thiéry	...	Jacquot's Mother / Concierge (as Rose Thierry)

Also Known As:

The Last Metro (International: English title)

Runtime:

131 min | France:133 min (director's cut)

Country:

France

Language:

French | German

Color:

Color (Fujicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | UK:PG | Singapore:NC-16 | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Sweden:11 | USA:PG | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Company:

Les Films du Carrosse

Trivia:

When Lucas talks to Marion about a play he saw in London, he is alluding to Patrick Hamilton's "Gaslight", which was twice made into a movie, by Thorold Dickinson in 1940, and by George Cukor in 1944.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: In one scene in the cellar, during a conversation between Marion and Lucas, we can see the sound recordist hiding himself in a corner of the cellar.

Movie Connections:

References Jud Süß (1940)

Soundtrack:

Cantique: Pitié mon Dieu

A human movie

An almost banal story about normal people which by its naturalness attains a truly remarkable human greatness. Against the background of nazi occupation of Paris with its whole train of treasons, pusillanimities, courage, resistance, collusions and collaboration with the enemy, indignities and oppression, a theatrical company staged underground by its director who is secretly hidden because he's Jewish, puts on the stage a play about love also repressed, a play however which resounds as a freedom although smothered shout in the darkness enveloping France and Europe by then. The acting performance of Depardieu and Deneuve is brilliant as usual although very simple and natural. Besides that, Deneuve is indeed one of the most beautiful movie stars we have ever seen. This movie is also a hymn to the theatre as free expression since ancient Greece, living through the love of those who devote themselves to it, very often with abnegation and in adverse conditions. It must by all means be seen because, in spite of all, it makes us believe in human virtues which keep pace here with the theatrical actors' talent.