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      Act of Love

      1953 1h 48m Drama List
      Reviews While on holiday in a small seaside town on the French Riviera, a former soldier named Robert Teller (Kirk Douglas) remembers his time in France during World War II. He meets and falls in love with a poor French girl named Lise Gudayec (Dany Robin). But Teller and Lise are unable to marry when Lise is accused of prostitution and Teller's commanding officer forbids the match. The couple's love is again tested when Robert learns the truth about the whereabouts of his would-be wife. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member A dramatic, romantic, sad, tragic world war two love movie. Douglas is fantastic and the rest of the cast is good too. It's not that different from other war romance movies, but I was surprised by the ending, it was sad. Overall, I think it was a good movie. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member 70% "Act of Love" with Kirk Douglas starring in a story of a bittersweet romance between an American soldier and a lonely, penniless Frenchwoman during the liberation of Paris in 1944. Black and white. see a small part of it at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K78PtxC-7cM This film, like so many of the time, is slow to develope into something I could have an interest. Despite the always screen present Douglas, the film takes a while to gain traction. The retelling of the romance of Teller (Douglas) and Lisa begins a half hour into the film, so we have to wait that long to know what is bothering Douglas in the first 5 minutes of the film. Wrote one unpaid critic of the film: "An excellent movie!! Painful ending that shake you up. A lovers romantic movie. Highly recommended 4 stars!!!" A professional critic at the time of the film's release wrote: "... the film is a fine and strongly moving but eventually irksome tracing of a plain romance." Ultimately this is a film thats merit rests on the ending. Each should see it for themselves to see if the end justifies the wait. NOTES about the film: 1 Look for later famous Brigitte Bardot as Mimi in a minor role. See this! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaeRgB9IdtM 2 Film critic Leonard Maltin writes: "Entertaining if unremarkable chronicle of the romance between lonely American soldier Douglas and down-and-out French girl Robin in Paris." 3 ACT OF LOVE, screen play by Irwin Shaw, based on the novel "The Girl on the Via Flaminia," by Alfred Hayes. CAST Robert Teller . . . . . Kirk Douglas Lisa . . . . . Dany Robin Nina . . . . . Barbara Laage Blackwood . . . . . Robert Strauss Adele . . . . . Gabrielle Dorzlat Commissaire . . . . . Gregoire Aslan Young Woman . . . . . Marthe Mercadler Fernand . . . . . Fernand Ledoux Claude . . . . . Serge Reggiani Mimi . . . . . Brigitte Bardot Mme. Henderson . . . . . Gilberte Geniat Henderson . . . . . George Mathews English Sergeant . . . . . Leslie Dwyer Pete . . . . . Richard Benedict Original Release Date: Feb 27, 1954 Crew Director: Anatole Litvak Art Director: Alexandre Trauner Associate Producer: Georges Maurer Based on a Work by: Alfred Hayes Cinematographer: Armand Thirard Composer: Joe Hajos Composer: Michel Emer Editor: Leonide Azar Editor: William Hornbeck Production Designer: Noel Howard Screenplay: Irwin Shaw Sound : Joseph De Bretagne Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Pablo Villaça Cinema em Cena Este melodrama, apesar de valorizado pela presena sempre intensa de Kirk Douglas, prejudicado pelo roteiro bvio e pela fraca performance de Dany Robin. Rated: 3/5 Jun 7, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis While on holiday in a small seaside town on the French Riviera, a former soldier named Robert Teller (Kirk Douglas) remembers his time in France during World War II. He meets and falls in love with a poor French girl named Lise Gudayec (Dany Robin). But Teller and Lise are unable to marry when Lise is accused of prostitution and Teller's commanding officer forbids the match. The couple's love is again tested when Robert learns the truth about the whereabouts of his would-be wife.
      Director
      Anatole Litvak
      Screenwriter
      Alfred Hayes, Joseph Kessel
      Production Co
      Benagoss Productions
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 48m