Behold Beatrice

1944 film

Pierre Frondaie (novel)
Jean de Marguenat
Charles de Peyret-Chappuis

Produced byGeorges Maurer
Jacques SicreStarring

Fernand Ledoux
Jules Berry
Renée Faure

CinematographyFred LangenfeldEdited byRaymond LouveauMusic by

Mario Cazes
André Sablon
Georges Van Parys

Production
company

Société Cinématographique Méditerranéenne de Production

Distributed byUnion Française de Production Cinématographique

Release date

8 March 1944

Running time

97 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrench

Behold Beatrice or Beatrice's Temptation (French: Béatrice devant le désir) is a 1944 French drama film directed by Jean de Marguenat and starring Fernand Ledoux, Jules Berry and Renée Faure.^[1] It features an early performance by the future star Simone Signoret.^[2] It was shot at the Victorine Studios in the southern French city of Nice. The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch.

Cast

Fernand Ledoux as Le docteur Mauléon
Jules Berry as Richelière
Renée Faure as Béatrice
Gérard Landry as José
Thérèse Dorny as Tante Hermance
Jacques Berthier as Jacques Richelière
Marie Carlot as Paula
Jean Barrère
Henry Bonvallet as Le docteur Lemonsquier
Mario Cazes as Le violoniste
Georges Gosset
Lucy Lancy as Gaby
Liliane Lonville
Emma Lyonel as Madame Dourthe
Jean-Jacques Lécot
Marfisa as La chanteuse
Marguerite Mayanne as Madame de Saint-Savin
Marcelle Naudia as La baronne
Suzy Pierson as Madame de Wallée
Robert Pizani as Alfred
Jacques Sablon
Maud Saintange
Simone Signoret as Liliane Moraccini
Georges Térof as Machonneau

References

^ Goble p.168
^ Hayward p.4

Bibliography

Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
Hayward, Susan. Simone Signoret: The Star as Cultural Sign. A&C Black, 2004.