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Casque d'Or

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Ex-convict Georges Manda (Serge Reggiani) returns to the free world determined to go straight and takes a steady job as a carpenter. Unable to completely shake his connections with the underground, he meets with a former prison mate, older gangster Félix Leca (Claude Dauphin), who introduces him to his mistress, the sweet but guarded Marie "Casque d'Or" (Simone Signoret). Marie and Georges fall into a passionate relationship, driving Félix to do everything in his power to ruin the couple.

Critics Reviews

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Peter Bradshaw Guardian 11/28/2022
5/5
This is an unmissable classic. Go to Full Review
Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times 11/08/2019
The favorite role of star Simone Signoret this is a bravura period romance costarring Serge Reggiani that masterfully interweaves love, violence and fate in turn-of-the-century Paris. Go to Full Review
Variety Staff Variety 01/23/2008
An excellent recreation of a colorful French period. Go to Full Review
Eddie Harrison film-authority.com 11/25/2022
4/5
…this is very much Signoret’s movie, and her every move reveals her as the iconic beating dramatic heart of the demi-monde of La Belle Epoque… Go to Full Review
Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com 09/07/2013
A+
[VIDEO ESSAY] Draped in the manners of fin de sicle in Paris, writer-director Jacques Becker's 1952 milestone of romantic drama is a snapshot of French social mores at the turn of the 20th century. Go to Full Review
TV Guide 01/23/2008
4/4
One of the great films of French cinema. Go to Full Review
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39 S May 29 Jacques Becker directs an extraordinary film, a preview of the coming Nouvelle Vague. -- The acting, particularly Serge Reggiani and Simone Signoret, is perfect. The setting in Belle Époque Paris and the weekend country getaways gives Becker room to bring lightness and frivolity into a harsh morality tale. But it's so beautiful! With the fine camerawork in the dance when Reggiani and Signoret meet, the whirls spin the viewer into the magic of the film. The dark finale is presented with concentrated simplicity. Whether one is a student of film or just wants a pleasant diversion, there is great pleasure and much film history in this masterpiece.. You will be glad you saw it! See more 11/07/2016 We really quite liked this, for what it was. See more 05/29/2016 I loved this film! What a classic French noir from Jacques Becker. Simone Signoret absolutely lights up the screen. It is a tragic gangster story told beautifully and stylishly. I will definitely be checking this one out again, everything about it was just right in my opinion. Highly recommended! See more 12/16/2015 7.9/10, my review: http://wp.me/p1eXom-25c See more 03/23/2014 Excellent. Simone Signoret was one of a kind. Today's young actresses could learn a whole lot from her work. See more 02/03/2014 In terms of a gangster film, the plot of Casque d'Or is merely mediocre. But the depiction of love, passion, jealousy, hatred and nemesis is solid, particularly with the presence of the great Simone Signoret. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Ex-convict Georges Manda (Serge Reggiani) returns to the free world determined to go straight and takes a steady job as a carpenter. Unable to completely shake his connections with the underground, he meets with a former prison mate, older gangster Félix Leca (Claude Dauphin), who introduces him to his mistress, the sweet but guarded Marie "Casque d'Or" (Simone Signoret). Marie and Georges fall into a passionate relationship, driving Félix to do everything in his power to ruin the couple.
Director
Jacques Becker
Producer
Raymond Hakim, Robert Hakim, André Paulvé
Screenwriter
Jacques Becker, Jacques Companéez, Jacques Becker
Production Co
Robert et Raymond Hakim
Genre
Drama, Crime, Romance
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 18, 1952, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Jan 18, 2005
Runtime
1h 38m