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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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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1942-04-01
- video_camera_front Companies Continental Films
- timer Runtime: 95 Mins
- star Rating: 5.7 / 10
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- info IMDB ID tt0035403
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Jean-Louis Barrault
Hector Berlioz
Renée Saint-Cyr
Marie Martin
Lise Delamare
Harriet Smithson
Jules Berry
Schlesinger
Bernard Blier
Antoine Charbonnel
Gilbert Gil
Louis Berlioz
Julien Bertheau
Victor Hugo (uncredited)
Catherine Fonteney
Madame Berlioz mother (uncredited)
Louis Seigner
Habeneck (uncredited)
Noël Roquevert
Gendarme (uncredited)
Roland Armontel
Eugène Delacroix (uncredited)
Rivers Cadet
Consumer (uncredited)
Fabienne Clery
(uncredited)
Jacques Cossin
(uncredited)
Lucien Coëdel
Typographer (uncredited)
Jean Darcante
Prosper Mérimée (uncredited)
Joé Davray
Student (uncredited)
Mona Dol
Housekeeper (uncredited)
Maurice Dorléac
Consumer (uncredited)
Jacques Dynam
(uncredited)
René Fluet
Jules Janin (uncredited)
Georges Gosset
Alexandre Dumas (uncredited)
Georges Lafon
Russian Chamberlain (uncredited)
Pierre Magnier
Professor (uncredited)
Georges Mauloy
Dean of the Academies (uncredited)
Marcelle Monthil
Dresser (uncredited
Martial Rèbe
Coachman (uncredited)
Louis Salou
Director of the Opéra (uncredited)
Maurice Schutz
Niccolò Paganini (uncredited)
Roger Vincent
(uncredited)
Michel Vitold
Orchestra conductor (uncredited)
Georges Vitray
Ship's commander (uncredited)
Eugène Yvernès
(uncredited)
groups Crew
Christian-Jaque
Director
Maurice-Paul Guillot
Conductor
Hector Berlioz
Music
André du Dognon
Adaptation
Charles Exbrayat
Adaptation
Jean-Pierre Feydeau
Dialogue
Jean-Pierre Feydeau
Screenplay
André Legrand
Dialogue
André Legrand
Screenplay
Jacques Desagneaux
Editor
Andrej Andrejew
Production Design
Rosine Delamare
Costume Design
William Robert Sivel
Sound
Nicolas Wilcke
Special Effects Coordinator
G.R. Aldo
Camera Operator
Armand Thirard
Director of Photography
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