Roselyne and the Lions

Sep 23, 1988

2h 56m

★ 5.5

Overview

Thierry drops out of school to apprentice as a lion tamer at the zoo where he meets Roselyne, who shares his passion. They fall in love and when he loses his job, the young lovers journey across France finding odd jobs at several circuses. In Germany, they fall under the tutelage of ageing big cat trainer, Klint, and while they are closer to realising their dreams, they find that their success drivers them part.

Genres

Romance

Comedy

Drama

Fantasy

Adventure

Action

Production Companies

Gaumont

Cargo Films

Roselyne and the Lions Trailers

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Cast

Roselyne

Isabelle Pasco

Thierry

Gérard Sandoz

Frazier

Gabriel Monnet

Bracquard

Philippe Clévenot

Klint

Günter Meisner

Koenig

Wolf Harnisch

Markovitch

Jacques Le Carpentier

'Petit Prince'

Carlos Pavlidis

Armani

Jacques Mathou

Gunter

Jaroslav Vízner

Stainer

Dumitru Furdui

Matou

Guillaume Briat

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