- Casque d'or
Infobox_Film
name = Casque d'or
caption = Casque d'or film poster
director =Jacques Becker
writer =Jacques Becker Jacques Companéez
starring =Simone Signoret Serge Reggiani
Claude Dauphin
music =Georges Van Parys
cinematography =Robert Le Febvre
producer =Raymond Hakim Robert Hakim
distributor=Criterion Collection (DVD)
budget =
released= flagicon|France16 April 1952
flagicon|United States18 August 1952
runtime = 94 minutes
language = French
amg_id = 1:86803
imdb_id = 0043386|"Casque d'or" ("Golden Helmet") is a 1952 French
film directed byJacques Becker . It is aBelle Époque tragedy, the story of an ill-fated love affair between characters played bySimone Signoret andSerge Reggiani .ynopsis
A gang headed by Leca (Claude Dauphin) that hangs out around the
Paris quarter of Belleville goes with their girlfriends to a dance hall in Joinville along the banks of theMarne . Marie, a prostitute called the "Casque d'Or" (Golden Helmet) because of her sparkling hair, is angry at her boyfriend of the moment, a handsome hood named Roland. Along comes Raymond accompanied by his childhood friend Manda, a gang member who has gone straight and is working as a carpenter. There is love at first sight between the beautiful Marie and the carpenter. A dangerously destructive passion, against the backdrop of rivalries and jealousy within the gang, unites the two lovers.tarring
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Simone Signoret - Marie 'Casque d'Or'
*Serge Reggiani - Georges Manda
*Claude Dauphin - Félix Leca
*Raymond Bussières - Raymond
*Odette Barencey - La mère d'Eugène
*Loleh Bellon - Léonie Danard
*William Sabatier - Rolandource
* [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casque_d%27or Entry to the "Casque d'or" in the French Wikipedia]
External links
*imdb title|id=0043386|title=Casque d'or
* [http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=270&eid=398§ion=essay Criterion Collection essay by Philip Kemp]
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