Casque d'Or

Casque d'Or

1952 · 99 min · FR · NR · 7.3 (210 votes)
Dir. Jacques Becker · Starring Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Claude Dauphin, Raymond Bussières, Odette Barencey, Loleh Bellon · Music Georges Van Parys
DramaCrimeRomance

At the end of the 19th century, during a ball in Joinville, on the outskirts of Paris, Georges, a former delinquent working as a carpenter, meets Marie, a young woman connected to a criminal gang.

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A sweeping, tragic romance set against the backdrop of Belle Époque Paris. It's a visually stunning, operatic melodrama about obsessive love and the destructive power of jealousy, with a palpable sense of impending doom.

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