Christine (1958 film)

Christine
Original movie poster
Directed by	Pierre Gaspard-Huit
Written by	Pierre Gaspard-Huit, Georges Neveux, Hans Wilhelm, Arthur Schnitzler (Novel)
Starring	Romy Schneider Alain Delon Micheline Presle Jean-Claude Brialy
Music by	Georges Auric
Release date(s)	1958
Running time	100 minutes
Country	France, Italy
Language	French

Christine is a 1958 film, based on the novel Liebelei by Arthur Schnitzler. The film was directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit and the title character was played by Romy Schneider. The cast included Alain Delon as a young lieutenant.

Schnitzler's play had been filmed in 1933 by Max Ophüls as Liebelei, starring Romy Schneider's mother, Magda Schneider.

Synopsis

A young lieutenant (Alain Delon) has an affair with a baroness but decides to put an end to it when he meets Christine (Romy Schneider), a musician's daughter. It ends tragically when the Colonel learns his wife had this affair.

Cast

• Alain Delon as Franz Lobheiner
• Romy Schneider as Christine Weiring
• Micheline Presle as Baroness Lena
• Sophie Grimaldi as Mizzie
• Fernand Ledoux as Weiring
• Jean-Claude Brialy as Théo Kaiser
• François Chaumette as Wimmer
• Jean Davy as Colonel

External links

• Christine (1858) at filmsdefrance.com
• Christine (1958) at the Internet Movie Database