The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Synopsis

This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery, an employee in her widowed mother's chic but financially embattled umbrella shop. On the evening before Guy is to leave for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria, he and Geneviève make love. She becomes pregnant and must choose between waiting for Guy's return or accepting an offer of marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant.

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Cast

Catherine Deneuve

Geneviève Emery

Nino Castelnuovo

Guy Foucher

Anne Vernon

Madame Emery

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Mireille Perrey

Tante Élise

Marc Michel

Roland Cassard

Ellen Farner

Madeleine

Jean Champion

Aubin

Jean-Pierre Dorat

Jean

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Harald Wolff

Monsieur Dubourg

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Pierre Caden

Bernard

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Bernard Fradet

Gas Station Apprentice

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Michel Benoist

Umbrella Buyer

Philippe Dumat

Garage Customer in 1957

Dorothée Blanck

Girl in Cafe

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Jane Carat

Ginny

Danielle Licari

Geneviève Emery (singing voice)

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José Bartel

Guy Foucher (singing voice)

Christiane Legrand

Madame Emery (singing voice)

Georges Blaness

Roland Cassard (singing voice)

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Claudine Meunier

Madeleine (singing voice, as C. Meunier)

Crew

Art

• Bernard Evein Art Direction
• Bernard Evein Production Design
• Jean Didenot Assistant Art Director
• Claude Pignot Assistant Set Decoration
• Maurice Bourbotte Other
• Joseph Gerhard Props

Camera

• Jean Rabier Director of Photography
• Leo Weisse Still Photographer
• Jean-Paul Lemaître Camera Operator
• Bernard Largemains Key Grip
• Pierre Willemin Camera Operator
• Larry Shaw Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

• Jacqueline Moreau Costume Design
• Christine Fornelli Makeup Artist
• Agnès Soulet Costumer

Directing

• Jacques Demy Director
• André Flédérick Second Assistant Director
• Jean-Paul Savignac Assistant Director
• Klaus Müller-Laue Assistant Director
• Annie Maurel Script Supervisor

Editing

• Anne-Marie Cotret Editor
• Monique Teisseire Editor
• Gisèle Chézeau Assistant Editor

Lighting

• Roger Delattre Electrician

Production

• Mag Bodard Producer
• Gilbert de Goldschmidt Producer
• Maurice Urbain Unit Production Manager
• Pierre Lazareff Producer
• Philippe Dussart Production Manager
• Charles Chieusse Production Manager
• Charles Chieusse Location Manager
• Jeanne Marie Olivier Production Secretary
• Paul Videlier Accountant
• Rhona Kane Publicist

Sound

• Michel Legrand Original Music Composer
• Michel Legrand Conductor
• Jacques Demy Songs
• Francis Lemarque Other
• Michel Legrand Songs

Writing

• Jacques Demy Writer
• Jacques Demy Screenplay
• Jacques Demy Lyricist
• Jacques Demy Dialogue
• Jacques Demy Scenario Writer

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