Prelude to Glory
1950 film
- 16 June 1950 (1950-06-16)
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Prelude to Glory (French: Prélude à la gloire) is a 1950 French drama film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Roberto Benzi, Paul Bernard and Jean Debucourt.[1][2] It was shot at the Neuilly Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Eugène Delfau and Henri Morin. A British film Prelude to Fame with a very similar theme was released the same year.
Synopsis
Roberto a musical child prodigy's gifts are discovered and developed by an organist. He rises to conduct a full orchestra for the first time.
Cast
- Roberto Benzi as Roberto
- Paul Bernard as Victor Dumonteix
- Jean Debucourt as Maréchal
- Louise Conte as Madame Dumonteix
- Felga Lauri as Antonia
- Charles Lemontier as Le directeur du théâtre
- Jacques Sommet as Berthier
- Paul Demange as Le brocanteur
- Raymond Hermantier as L'aveugle
- Edmond Ardisson as Le speaker
- Charles Blavette as Le caissier
- Nicole Marée as Josette
- Robert Pizani as Floriot
- André Le Gall as Gabriel
- Albert Michel as Le coiffeur
References
Bibliography
- Holoman, D. Kern. The Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, 1828-1967. University of California Press, 2004.
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
- Prelude to Glory at IMDb
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Films directed by Georges Lacombe
- Bubble Gum (1931)
- A Telephone Call (1932)
- That Scoundrel Morin (1932)
- The Invisible Woman (1933)
- Youth (1934)
- The Scandalous Couple (1935)
- The Happy Road (1936)
- The Heart Disposes (1936)
- Café de Paris (1938)
- Behind the Facade (1939)
- Musicians of the Sky (1940)
- Paris-New York (1940)
- They Were Twelve Women (1940)
- The Last of the Six (1941)
- Montmartre (1941)
- The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock (1942)
- Monsieur La Souris (1942)
- The Stairs Without End (1943)
- Florence Is Crazy (1944)
- Land Without Stars (1946)
- Martin Roumagnac (1946)
- Convicted (1948)
- Prelude to Glory (1950)
- The Night Is My Kingdom (1951)
- The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)
- The Call of Destiny (1953)
- Their Last Night (1953)
- The Light Across the Street (1956)
- White Cargo (1958)
- My Darned Father (1958)
- L'âme de Nicolas Synders (1961)
- L'âne et le boeuf (1962)
- Message pour Margaret (1964)
- La fabrique du roi (1965)
- Le réquisitionnaire (1968)
- Pierre de Ronsard, gentilhomme vendômois (1970)
- Les mensonges (1971)
- Une atroce petite musique (1973)
- Un souper chez Lauzun (1973)
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