Crossing of the Rhine, TheGermany / France / Italy
1960, 117min.
Dir. Andre Cayatte, Scr. A.Cayatte, M.Auberge, Dir.of Phot. R.Fellous, Compos. Louiguy, Art. Dir. R.Clavel.
Cast: Charles Aznavour (Roger), Nicole Courcel (Florence), Georges Riviere (Jean), Betty Schneider (Alice).
In this WW II drama, two French soldiers are captured and forced to work as farm hands on a German family's land. One of the soldiers tricks the farmer's innocent daughter into helping him escape. The other soldier has truly fallen for the girl and decides to stay.
At the Venice International Film Festival the film was awarded the Golden Lion prize and Charles Aznavour was given the best actor award in Cannes. | Cayatte, André André Cayatte
Born 03.02.1909, Carcassonne, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France, died 06.02.1989, Paris, France
André Cayatte was a lawyer fascinated with the notion of using film to express his opinions about the social and moral status of his native France. He decided to become a filmmaker in the mid-'30s and so left his law practice to begin working as a screenwriter. His first script was for Allegret's Entree des Artistes (1938). A few years later he made his directorial debut (he continued to write or co-write all of his screenplays). True to his higher purpose, his subsequent films tend to be more concerned with expressing his ideas through content than they are with artistry. Many of his films such as Le Dossier Noir(1955) and Nou Sommes Tous des Assassins (1957) strongly criticize the French judicial system. When not making social critiques, Cayatte made romantic films to explore the different facets of love. Among his best is Les Amants de Verone, a reworking of Romeo and Juliet.
Filmography
Twisted Mistress (1942), Shop Girls of Paris (1943), Pierre et Jean (1943), The Last Penny (1946), Song of the Clouds (1946), Roger la Honte (1946), The Revenge of Roger (1946), The Unknown Singer (1947), Under the Cards (1948), The Lovers of Verona (1949), Return to Life (1949, segment " Le retour de tante Emma"), Justice est faite (1950), We Are All Murderers (1952), Before the Deluge (1954), Black Dossier (1955), An Eye for an Eye (1957), The Mirror Has Two Faces (1958), The Crossing of the Rhine (1960), La vie conjugale (1963), The Sword and the Balance (1963), Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc (1964), Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise (1964), A Trap for Cinderella (1965), Risky Business (1967), The Road to Katmandu (1969), To Die of Love (1971), Where There's Smoke (1973), Verdict (1974), To Each His Hell (1977), State Reasons (1978), Question of Love (1978), La faute, (1980, TV), Devil's Advocates (1981, TV), Des yeux pour pleurer (1982, TV), Retour à Cherchell (1983, TV).
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