La Symphonie fantastique

La Symphonie fantastique (1942)


  • Genre: Drama, History
  • Release Date: 1942-04-01
  • User Rating: 5.7/10 from 7 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 35min
  • Language: Français
  • Production Company: Continental Films
  • Production Country: France
  • Director: Christian-Jaque
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Summary

The film is biographical, telling the story of the life and artistic struggles of the French composer Hector Berlioz. Berlioz is shown as a recalcitrant medical student in an anatomy class dreaming of becoming a composer; at a demonstration during a performance at the Paris Opéra conducted by Habeneck; at supper with other young artists (Hugo, Janin, Dumas, Mérimée, Delacroix); and chasing after his future wife Harriet Smithson, after a performance of Hamlet. Also depicted are his life in a garret, while suffering from an illness due to an abscess in the throat; a visit from his mother who curses him; and the composition of the Symphonie fantastique. The film then shows his marital breakdown, the premiere of his opera Benvenuto Cellini, his travels throughout Europe, his second marriage to Marie Recio (called "Marie Martin" in the film), public acceptance in old age and reconciliation with his son.

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  • Jean-Louis Barrault

    as Hector Berlioz
  • Renée Saint-Cyr

    as Marie Martin
  • Lise Delamare

    as Harriet Smithson
  • Jules Berry

    as Schlesinger
  • Bernard Blier

    as Antoine Charbonnel
  • Gilbert Gil

    as Louis Berlioz
  • Julien Bertheau

    as Victor Hugo (uncredited)
  • Catherine Fonteney

    as Madame Berlioz mother (uncredited)
  • Louis Seigner

    as Habeneck (uncredited)
  • Noël Roquevert

    as Gendarme (uncredited)
  • Roland Armontel

    as Eugène Delacroix (uncredited)
  • Rivers Cadet

    as Consumer (uncredited)
  • Fabienne Clery

    as (uncredited)
  • Jacques Cossin

    as (uncredited)
  • Lucien Coëdel

    as Typographer (uncredited)
  • Jean Darcante

    as Prosper Mérimée (uncredited)
  • Joé Davray

    as Student (uncredited)
  • Mona Dol

    as Housekeeper (uncredited)
  • Maurice Dorléac

    as Consumer (uncredited)
  • Jacques Dynam

    as (uncredited)
  • René Fluet

    as Jules Janin (uncredited)
  • Georges Gosset

    as Alexandre Dumas (uncredited)
  • Georges Lafon

    as Russian Chamberlain (uncredited)
  • Pierre Magnier

    as Professor (uncredited)
  • Georges Mauloy

    as Dean of the Academies (uncredited)
  • Marcelle Monthil

    as Dresser (uncredited
  • Martial Rèbe

    as Coachman (uncredited)
  • Louis Salou

    as Director of the Opéra (uncredited)
  • Maurice Schutz

    as Niccolò Paganini (uncredited)
  • Roger Vincent

    as (uncredited)
  • Michel Vitold

    as Orchestra conductor (uncredited)
  • Georges Vitray

    as Ship's commander (uncredited)
  • Eugène Yvernès

    as (uncredited)
Directing Christian-Jaque Director
Sound Maurice-Paul Guillot Conductor
Sound Hector Berlioz Music
Writing André du Dognon Adaptation
Writing Charles Exbrayat Adaptation
Writing Jean-Pierre Feydeau Dialogue
Writing Jean-Pierre Feydeau Screenplay
Writing André Legrand Dialogue
Writing André Legrand Screenplay
Editing Jacques Desagneaux Editor
Art Andrej Andrejew Production Design
Costume & Make-Up Rosine Delamare Costume Design
Sound William Robert Sivel Sound
Crew Nicolas Wilcke Special Effects Coordinator
Camera G.R. Aldo Camera Operator
Camera Armand Thirard Director of Photography

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