Christine (1958 film)

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Christine
Christine-1958-Poster.jpg
Original movie poster
Directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit
Written by Pierre Gaspard-Huit
Hans Wilhelm
dialogue
Georges Neveux
Based onplay Liebelei (1894)
by Arthur Schnitzler
Starring Romy Schneider
Alain Delon
Cinematography Christian Matras
Edited by Louisette Hautecoeur
Music by Georges Auric
Production
companies
SpEVA-Films
Play-Art
Rizzoli Film
Distributed by Cinédis
Release date
  • 24 December 1958 (1958-12-24)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office2,848,858 admissions (France)

Christine is a 1958 French period drama film, based on the 1894 play Liebelei (Flirtation) 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.

Contents

Schnitzler's play had been filmed in 1933 by Max Ophüls as Liebelei , starring Romy Schneider's mother, Magda Schneider. [1]

Plot

In 1906 Vienna, a young lieutenant Franz (Alain Delon) has an affair with a married baroness, Lena. He decides to put an end to it when he meets Christine (Romy Schneider, Delon's fiancée in real life), a musician's daughter.

Christine is almost engaged to a composer, Binder, but falls in love with Franz. Franz breaks it off with Lena, but her husband the Baron Eggesdorf has already discovered the affair.

While Christine and Franz plan their wedding, the Baron challenges Franz to a duel. Franz is killed, and Christine commits suicide.

Cast

Production

Charles Spaak was reported as working on the screenplay. [1]

At the time of filming, Schneider was one of the most popular stars in Europe, having enjoyed success starring in the Sissi film trilogy. Christine was an attempt to duplicate this, being aimed more at the French market. [2]

Delon had only just begun his career when he was cast. He and Schneider began a romantic affair that continued on and off for a number of years. [2]

Reception

In France, the film had 2,848,858 theatre admissions, making it the seventeenth most popular film at the French box office in 1958. [3] Number one in France that year was an American film, The Ten Commandments ; number four was another film starring Schneider, the Austrian production Sissi – Fateful Years of an Empress . [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Thompson, Howard (1958-09-14). "By Way of Report: Mr. Chayefsky's Night – The Heckart Spell" . The New York Times . p. Drama-9. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  2. 1 2 "Christine | 24 Decembre 1958". Box Office Story (in French). Archived from the original on 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  3. 1 2 "Box Office Annuel 1958 Top 25" [Box Office Annual 1958 Top 25]. Box Office Story (in French). Archived from the original on 2014-09-19. Retrieved 2016-10-22. 2,848,858 d'entrées [2,848,858 admissions]


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