Casque d'Or
Three gangsters and an ex-con carpenter all fall for the same beautiful golden-haired woman in Belle Époque France.
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Released
- 1952
- Country
- France
Details
Release year: 1952
Storyline
Three gangsters and an ex-con carpenter all fall for the same beautiful golden-haired woman in Belle Époque France.
Top credits
Simone Signoret — Marie, dite 'Casque d'Or'
Serge Reggiani — Georges Manda
Claude Dauphin — Félix Leca
Raymond Bussières — Raymond
Awards
1 win & 1 nomination
See all awards →Did you know
• Literary critics at the time were outraged by the fact that Jacques Becker chose to emphasize atmospherics at the expense of psychology. Nevertheless, Becker's approach had a profound effect on the young film-makers that would later go on to form the French New Wave, thereby changing French cinema forever.
• Based on a real Paris underworld incident that took place in 1898.
• Singer Eunice Waymon was so taken with Simone Signoret's performance in this film that she adopted her name for her stage persona - Nina Simone.
User reviews
Love & Despair with Beautiful Hair...
A hymn to voluptuous, mature beauty
a Renoir painting, the beautiful Signoret
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
- Color
- Black and White
