The Call of Destiny (1953 film)

The Call of Destiny
Directed by	Georges Lacombe
Written by	Jacques Viot
Produced by	Michel Lesay Léonce Relu
Starring	Jean Marais Jacqueline Porel Édouard Delmont
Cinematography	Robert Lefebvre
Edited by	Henri Taverna Jacqueline Thiédot
Music by	Louis Beydts
Production company	Miramar Productions
Distributed by	Ciné Sélections
Release date	15 February 1953 (1953-02-15)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	1,832,739 admissions (France) [1]

The Call of Destiny (French: L'Appel du destin) is a 1953 French comedy drama film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Jean Marais, Jacqueline Porel and Édouard Delmont. ^[2]

Plot

While on tour, a conducting prodigy encounters his father for the first time. A formerly brilliant pianist he has declined into alcoholism and abandoned the family.

Cast

• Jean Marais as Lorenzo Lombardi
• Jacqueline Porel as Lucienne Lombardi
• Roberto Benzi as Roberto Lombardi
• Édouard Delmont as M. Galibert
• Georgette Anys as La grosse Lolo
• Renée Devillers as Germaine Obrecht
• Charles Dechamps as Monsieur Roze
• Fernand Sardou as Dottore Aldo Guarneri
• Germaine Pape as Mme Torquato
• Fernand Rauzéna as M. Torquato
• Jean Lanier as Crespi, l'ami
• Marcel Lebas as Le facteur
• Philippe Richard as Le directeur
• Julien Verdier as Dupont, le musicien
• Léon Walther as Count Amadeo, le critique

References

1. "Box Office Figures for Jean Marais films". Box Office Story.
2. L'Appel du destin (1953) Archived 2012-07-07 at archive.today at the Films de France

Bibliography

• Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

• The Call of Destiny at IMDb
• L'Appel du destin (1953) at the Films de France