Casque d’or: Tenderness and Violence
By January 17, 2005
Along with Touchez pas au grisbi and Le Trou, Casque d’or is now widely recognized as the summit of Jacques Becker’s achievement as a filmmaker, a distillation Read more »
- France
- 1952
- 94 minutes
- Black and White
- 1.33:1
- French
SYNOPSIS: Jacques Becker lovingly evokes the belle epoque Parisian demimonde in this classic tale of doomed romance. When gangster’s moll Marie (Simone Signoret) falls for reformed criminal Manda (Serge Reggiani), their passion incites an underworld rivalry that leads inexorably to treachery and tragedy. With poignant, nuanced performances and sensuous black-and-white photography, Casque d’or (Golden Marie) is Becker at the height of his cinematic powers—a romantic masterpiece.
Cast & CreditsOpen
Cast
| Marie | Simone Signoret |
| Georges Manda | Serge Reggiani |
| Felix Leca | Claude Dauphin |
| Raymond | Raymond Bussiéres |
| Danard | Gaston Modot |
| Police Inspector Giuliani | Paul Barge |
| Julie | Dominique Davray |
Credits
| Director | Jacques Becker |
| Producer | Robert Hakim |
| Production manager | Henri Baum |
| Screenplay | Jacques Becker and Jacques Companeez |
| Adaptation and dialogue | Jacques Becker |
| Cinematography | Robert Le Febvre |
| Editing | Marguerite Renoir |
| Sound | Antoine Petitjean |
| Costume design | Mayo |
| Assistant director | Marcel Camus |
| Music | Georges van Parys |
Disc Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Audio commentary by film scholar Peter Cowie
- 1995 video interview with actor Serge Reggiani
- 1963 interview with actress Simone Signoret from the French television program Cinepanorama
- Excerpt from an episode of the French television series Cineastes de notre temps, dedicated to Jacques Becker
- Rare, silent behind-the-scenes footage of Becker on the set, with commentary by film scholar Philip Kemp
- New essay by Kemp
- New and improved English subtitle translation
