The Damned Lovers

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The Damned Lovers
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German poster
Directed by Willy Rozier
Written byWilly Rozier
Produced byWilly Rozier
Starring Robert Berri
Jacques Dynam
Ginette Baudin
Cinematography Fred Langenfeld
Edited by Mireille Baron
Music by Alain Romans
Jean Yatove
Production
company
Sport-Films
Distributed by Cocinor
Release date
  • 13 March 1952 (1952-03-13)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryFrance
Language French

The Damned Lovers (French: Les amants maudits) is a 1952 French crime film directed by Willy Rozier and starring Robert Berri, Jacques Dynam and Ginette Baudin. A film noir it has been described as post-Liberation French Bonnie and Clyde story". [1] It attracted audiences of around 1.1 million at the French domestic box office. [2]

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Synopsis

A cafe waiter reads crime novels and dreams of being a somebody. In order to impress his girlfriend he steals a car and becomes a real-life gangster.

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References

  1. Walker-Morrison p.44
  2. Walker-Morrison p.224

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