Before the Deluge
movie
Released February 26, 1954
Genres:
Overview
The title of this French "reality" drama, which translates to Before the Deluge, is a play on Louis XVI's famous prognostication, "Apres moi, le deluge." Set in 1950, the film concentrates on five Parisian adolescents. Certain that the next war will herald the apocalypse, the youngster make plans to run off to a desert island and set up a new society. This, however, will require money, which is why the boys decide to pull off a "necessary" robbery. Idealism collapses in the face of cold reality, as the five youths suffer from the consequences of their actions. Avant le Deluge was one of a group of films cowritten by director Andre Cayatte and Charles Spaak which endeavored to explore the touchy social issues of the day: others in the Cayatte-Spaak canon include the euthanasia-themed Justice est Faite and the capital-punishment tract Nous sommes tous des assassins.
Cast
Antoine Balpêtré
as
Albert Dutoit
Paul Bisciglia
as
Jean-Jacques Noblet
Bernard Blier
as
Marcel Noblet
Marina Vlady
as
Liliane Noblet
Jacques Chabassol
as
Jean Arnaud
Clément Thierry
as
Philippe Boussard
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Jacques Fayet
as
Richard Dutoit
Roger Coggio
as
Daniel Epstein
Jacques Castelot
as
Serge de Montesson
Léonce Corne
as
Le commissaire Auvain
Paul Frankeur
as
Monsieur Boussard
Isa Miranda
as
Françoise Boussard
Crew
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Sacha Mazour
as
Still Photographer
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Louis Stein
as
Camera Operator
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Lala Janvier
as
Makeup Artist
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Robert Guisgand
as
Production Design
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Nicole Colombier
as
Assistant Editor
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Paul Rodier
as
Assistant Camera
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Jean André
as
Assistant Production Design
André Cayatte
as
Director
Charles Spaak
as
Screenplay
André Cayatte
as
Screenplay
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Paul Cayatte
as
Editor
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Jacques Lebreton
as
Sound