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The Curtain Rises (1938) [N/A]

Release Date:
October 6, 1938

Original Title:
Entrée des artistes

Genres:
Comedy | Drama

Production Companies:
Filmsonor
Regina Films

Production Countries:
France

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 99

"I was seventeen, I'm not anymore because you are and seventeen is not for everyone at the same time!"

Overview from TheMovieDB

1938, France, Paris, at the Superior Conservatory of Dramatic Art ("Conservatoire Supérieur d'Art Dramatique"). The first-year entrance exams are in full swing. Many applicants, few accepted. Isabelle (Janine Darcey) is one of the few chosen. She joins former students from the second and third years, including François (Claude Dauphin) and Cécilia (Odette Joyeux). They attend the drama class run by Professor Lambertin (Louis Jouvet). The young people, passionate and eager to become comedians, clash in tumultuous love affairs, because by dint of acting, they imagine that life is a farce. François, for example, is in love with Isabelle, who also loves him, but is pursued by Cecilia, his former mistress... "Put art in your life and life in your art!"

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Production

Adaptation:
André Cayatte
Marc Allégret

Administration:
Robert Vernay

Assistant Camera:
Ernest Bourreaud
Robert Bontemps

Assistant Director:
Jean Huet
Louis Gendre

Camera Operator:
Ernest Bourreaud
Robert Juillard

Decorator:
Jacques Krauss

Dialogue:
Henri Jeanson

Director:
Marc Allégret

Director of Photography:
Christian Matras
Ernest Bourreaud

Editor:
Yvonne Martin

General Manager:
Lucien Pinoteau

Head Decorator:
Alexandre Trauner

Makeup Artist:
Joseph Mejinsky

Original Music Composer:
Georges Auric

Producer:
Arys Nissoti
Pierre O'Connell

Production Director:
Georges Jouanne

Script:
Madeleine Lefèvre

Set Photographer:
Henri Pecqueux
Roger Kahan

Set Supervisor:
Louis Demasure

Sound Engineer:
Georges Leblond

Writer:
Marc Allégret
André Cayatte

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