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Lettres d'amour

Lettres d'amour

1942Movie⏱️ 1h 50mNot Rated
ComedyDrama
6.6
IMDB Rating
132 votes

France, 1855. Zélie Fontaine, a twenty-odd-year-old widow and the post mistress of the small provincial town of Argenson, has accepted to receive love letters to Hortense de la Jacquerie, the prefect's wife, under her name. But Ho...

Director
Claude Autant-Lara
Writers
Jean Aurenche, Maurice Blondeau
Stars
Odette Joyeux, François Périer, Julien Carette
Release Date
December 23, 1942
Language
French
Country
France
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Odette Joyeux
Odette Joyeux
as Zélie Fontaine
François Périer
François Périer
as François de Portal
Julien Carette
Julien Carette
as Loriquet - le maître à danser
André Alerme
André Alerme
as Le marquis de Longevialle
Jean Debucourt
Jean Debucourt
as L'empereur Napoléon III
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Jean Parédès
as Désiré Ledru
Robert Vattier
Robert Vattier
as Maître Boubousson
Louis Salou
Louis Salou
as Monsieur de Mortemort
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Jacqueline Champi
as Marinette
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Ariane Muratore
as Charlotte

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Studios de Boulogne, Avenue Jean-Baptiste Clément, Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Production
Credit National, Synops

🏷️ Keywords

francebased on novel

🎯 Categories

FrenchComedyDrama

⭐ Featured Review

La Société et la Boutique
by dbdumonteil2007-01-08

"I hate to write that but I find it hard to relate to some Autant-Lara's movies.I had the same problem with "Le Marriage De Chiffon" and I hope pretty soon my good pal Writer's reign's comment will join mine and prove me I'm wrong! A town in the provinces under Napoleon the Third's reign (legions of Autant-Lara take place in the nineteenth century: "Douce" "la Jument Verte" "l"Auberge Rouge ""Le Rouge et le Noir" " le Marriage De Chiffon" or at the beginning of the the twentieth : "Occupe-toi d'..."

💡 Did You Know?

Some scenes or passages were cut out by the producers, particularly in the first part.

📖 Synopsis

France, 1855. Zélie Fontaine, a twenty-odd-year-old widow and the post mistress of the small provincial town of Argenson, has accepted to receive love letters to Hortense de la Jacquerie, the prefect's wife, under her name. But Ho...