The Lovers of Montparnasse

Apr 4, 1958

1h 48m

★ 6.8

Overview

Biographic film chronicling the last year of the life of the Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani, 1919, who falls in love with a girl from a wealthy family. Her parents are against this relationship and stop financial help. Modigliani worked and died in abject poverty in the Montparnasse Quarter of Paris, France.

Genres

Romance

Drama

History

Production Companies

Produzione Pallavicini

Franco London Films

Astra Cinematografica

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Cast

Amedeo Modigliani

Gérard Philipe

Béatrice Hastings

Lilli Palmer

Rosalie

Lea Padovani

Léopold Sborowsky

Gérard Séty

Morel

Lino Ventura

Jeanne Hébuterne

Anouk Aimée

Anna Zborowsky

Lila Kedrova

Lulu

Arlette Poirier

Madame Salomon - la Concierge

Madame Pâquerette

Berthe Weill

Marianne Oswald

un étudiant peintre (uncredited)

Pierre Richard

Catherine - la serveuse du café

Yori Bertin

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