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la boheme (1943)

Original title: la vie de boheme
Production: UK|120 min| black and white|
Dramatic, Romantic
the musician schaunard, the philosopher colline, the painter marcel and the poet rodolfo form a cheerful brigade with their girlfriends, they revel together, have fun even if poor in means. the girl loved by rodolfo, the flower girl mimì, soon shows signs of illness and the young man, not having the economic possibilities, cannot make her properly treated. so mimì, in order not to be a burden to him, leaves him and is reduced to being a prostitute. the evil has reason for her, however, and shortly thereafter dies of consumption, assisted however by the beloved man and his true friends.

Direction

Marcel L'herbierMarcel L'herbier: regista
Robert Paul Dugan: assistente alla regia

Production and Screenplay

Nino Frank: sceneggiatore

Characters and Interpreters

Mimì, fioraia
Maria DenisMaria Denis(età:27)
Rodolfo, poeta
Louis JourdanLouis Jourdan(età:22)
Colline, filosofo
Louis Salou(età:41)
Schaunard, musicista
Alfred Adam(età:35)
Marcel, pittore
André RoussinAndré Roussin(età:32)
Phemie
Suzy DelairSuzy Delair(età:26)
Barbemuche
Sinoël(età:75)
visconte
Jean Paredes(età:29)
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Jean D'yd(età:63)
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Marcel AndréMarcel André(età:58)
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Roger BlinRoger Blin(età:36)
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Roland Toutain(età:38)
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Pierre JuvenetPierre Juvenet(età:60)
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Gaston Orbal(età:45)
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Leon Larive(età:57)
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Felix Oudart(età:62)

Technical staff

Giacomo PucciniGiacomo Puccini: musiche
Pierre Montazel: direttore della fotografia
George Wakhevitch: scenografo
Robert Boissy: scenografo
Pierre Rocher: scenografo
Louis Beydts: direttore musicale
Suzanne Catelain: montatore
Jacques Costet: costumista
Pierre Leopold Sabas: direttore di produzione
Emile Lagarde: fonico
Emilienne Nelissen: montatore

Voices and Dubbing

Version Francia(1943)

Louise Comte Voice of Maria Denis