The Lovers of Montparnasse (1958)

Name: The Lovers of Montparnasse
Genre: Romance, Drama, History
Released: 1958-04-04
Duration: 108 min
Cast: Gérard Philipe, Lilli Palmer, Lea Padovani, Gérard Séty, Lino Ventura

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.

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Released 1958-04-04 · 108 min · Romance, Drama, History

Directed by Jacques Becker

Cast

Gérard Philipe as Amedeo Modigliani
Lilli Palmer as Béatrice Hastings
Lea Padovani as Rosalie
Gérard Séty as Léopold Sborowsky
Lino Ventura as Morel
Anouk Aimée as Jeanne Hébuterne
Lila Kedrova as Anna Zborowsky
Arlette Poirier as Lulu
Madame Pâquerette as Madame Salomon - la Concierge
Marianne Oswald as Berthe Weill
Pierre Richard as un étudiant peintre (uncredited)
Yori Bertin as Catherine - la serveuse du café
Judith Magre as La Prostituée Devant le Café
Denise Vernac as Madame Hébuterne
Robert Ripa as Marcel - le Maquereau