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La Symphonie fantastique

Overview

The film is biographical, telling the story of the life and artistic struggles of the French composer Hector Berlioz. Berlioz is shown as a recalcitrant medical student in an anatomy class dreaming of becoming a composer; at a demonstration during a performance at the Paris Opéra conducted by Habeneck; at supper with other young artists (Hugo, Janin, Dumas, Mérimée, Delacroix); and chasing after his future wife Harriet Smithson, after a performance of Hamlet. Also depicted are his life in a garret, while suffering from an illness due to an abscess in the throat; a visit from his mother who curses him; and the composition of the Symphonie fantastique. The film then shows his marital breakdown, the premiere of his opera Benvenuto Cellini, his travels throughout Europe, his second marriage to Marie Recio (called "Marie Martin" in the film), public acceptance in old age and reconciliation with his son.

RATING

5.70

DIRECTOR

Christian-Jaque

COUNTRIE

France

RELEASE DATE

1942

TIME

1h 35m

GENRES

Drama

History

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Actors

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Jean-Louis Barrault‌

Jean-Louis Barrault

Hector Berlioz

Renée Saint-Cyr‌

Renée Saint-Cyr

Marie Martin

Lise Delamare‌

Lise Delamare

Harriet Smithson

Jules Berry‌

Jules Berry

Schlesinger

Bernard Blier‌

Bernard Blier

Antoine Charbonnel

Gilbert Gil‌

Gilbert Gil

Louis Berlioz

Julien Bertheau‌

Julien Bertheau

Victor Hugo (uncredited)

Catherine Fonteney‌

Catherine Fonteney

Madame Berlioz mother (uncredited)

Louis Seigner‌

Louis Seigner

Habeneck (uncredited)

Noël Roquevert‌

Noël Roquevert

Gendarme (uncredited)

Roland Armontel‌

Roland Armontel

Eugène Delacroix (uncredited)

Rivers Cadet‌

Rivers Cadet

Consumer (uncredited)

Fabienne Clery‌

Fabienne Clery

(uncredited)

Jacques Cossin‌

Jacques Cossin

(uncredited)

Lucien Coëdel‌

Lucien Coëdel

Typographer (uncredited)

Jean Darcante‌

Jean Darcante

Prosper Mérimée (uncredited)

Joé Davray‌

Joé Davray

Student (uncredited)

Mona Dol‌

Mona Dol

Housekeeper (uncredited)

Maurice Dorléac‌

Maurice Dorléac

Consumer (uncredited)

Jacques Dynam‌

Jacques Dynam

(uncredited)

René Fluet‌

René Fluet

Jules Janin (uncredited)

Georges Gosset‌

Georges Gosset

Alexandre Dumas (uncredited)

Georges Lafon‌

Georges Lafon

Russian Chamberlain (uncredited)

Pierre Magnier‌

Pierre Magnier

Professor (uncredited)

Georges Mauloy‌

Georges Mauloy

Dean of the Academies (uncredited)

Marcelle Monthil‌

Marcelle Monthil

Dresser (uncredited

Martial Rèbe‌

Martial Rèbe

Coachman (uncredited)

Louis Salou‌

Louis Salou

Director of the Opéra (uncredited)

Maurice Schutz‌

Maurice Schutz

Niccolò Paganini (uncredited)

Roger Vincent‌

Roger Vincent

(uncredited)

Michel Vitold‌

Michel Vitold

Orchestra conductor (uncredited)

Georges Vitray‌

Georges Vitray

Ship's commander (uncredited)

Eugène Yvernès‌

Eugène Yvernès

(uncredited)

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