The Call of Destiny (1953 film)
1953 French film
- 15 February 1953 (1953-02-15)
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The Call of Destiny (French: L'Appel du destin) is a 1953 French comedy drama film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Jean Marais, Jacqueline Porel and Édouard Delmont.[2]
Plot
While on tour, a conducting prodigy encounters his father for the first time. A formerly brilliant pianist he has declined into alcoholism and abandoned the family.
Cast
- Jean Marais as Lorenzo Lombardi
- Jacqueline Porel as Lucienne Lombardi
- Roberto Benzi as Roberto Lombardi
- Édouard Delmont as M. Galibert
- Georgette Anys as La grosse Lolo
- Renée Devillers as Germaine Obrecht
- Charles Dechamps as Monsieur Roze
- Fernand Sardou as Dottore Aldo Guarneri
- Germaine Pape as Mme Torquato
- Fernand Rauzéna as M. Torquato
- Jean Lanier as Crespi, l'ami
- Marcel Lebas as Le facteur
- Philippe Richard as Le directeur
- Julien Verdier as Dupont, le musicien
- Léon Walther as Count Amadeo, le critique
References
Bibliography
- Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
- The Call of Destiny at IMDb
- L'Appel du destin (1953) at the Films de France
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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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