Before the Deluge

Before the Deluge (1954)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1954-02-26
  • User Rating: 6.3/10 from 10 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 18min
  • Language: Français
  • Production Company: UGC
  • Production Country: France, Italy
  • Director: André Cayatte
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Summary

The title of this French "reality" drama, which translates to Before the Deluge, is a play on Louis XVI's famous prognostication, "Apres moi, le deluge." Set in 1950, the film concentrates on five Parisian adolescents. Certain that the next war will herald the apocalypse, the youngster make plans to run off to a desert island and set up a new society. This, however, will require money, which is why the boys decide to pull off a "necessary" robbery. Idealism collapses in the face of cold reality, as the five youths suffer from the consequences of their actions. Avant le Deluge was one of a group of films cowritten by director Andre Cayatte and Charles Spaak which endeavored to explore the touchy social issues of the day: others in the Cayatte-Spaak canon include the euthanasia-themed Justice est Faite and the capital-punishment tract Nous sommes tous des assassins.

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  • Antoine Balpêtré

    as Albert Dutoit

  • Paul Bisciglia

    as Jean-Jacques Noblet

  • Bernard Blier

    as Marcel Noblet

  • Marina Vlady

    as Liliane Noblet

  • Jacques Chabassol

    as Jean Arnaud

  • Clément Thierry

    as Philippe Boussard

  • Jacques Fayet

    as Richard Dutoit

  • Roger Coggio

    as Daniel Epstein

  • Jacques Castelot

    as Serge de Montesson

  • Léonce Corne

    as Le commissaire Auvain

  • Paul Frankeur

    as Monsieur Boussard

  • Isa Miranda

    as Françoise Boussard

  • Carlo Ninchi

    as Le président du tribunal

  • Delia Scala

    as Josette

  • Line Noro

    as Madame Arnaud

  • Albert Rémy

    as Le garçon de café

  • André Valmy

    as L'autre inspecteur de police

  • Julien Verdier

    as Le veilleur de nuit

  • Maria Zanoli

    as Madame Dutoit

  • Marcel Pérès

    as l'inspecteur Malingué

  • Jean-Pierre Grenier

    as (Voice dubbing for Carlo Ninchi)
Camera Louis Stein Camera Operator
Camera Sacha Mazour Still Photographer
Costume & Make-Up Lala Janvier Makeup Artist
Editing Nicole Colombier Assistant Editor
Camera Paul Rodier Assistant Camera
Art Jean André Assistant Production Design
Art Robert Guisgand Production Design
Directing André Cayatte Director
Writing André Cayatte Screenplay
Writing Charles Spaak Screenplay
Camera Jean Bourgoin Director of Photography
Editing Paul Cayatte Editor
Writing Charles Spaak Dialogue
Directing Tony Aboyantz Assistant Director
Sound Jacques Lebreton Sound
Art Jacques Colombier Decorator
Sound Jacques Carrère Sound
Directing Jean Valère Assistant Director
Sound Georges Van Parys Music

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