The Lovers of Montparnasse (1961)

  • NR
  • 02/28/1961 (US)
  • Romance, Drama, History
  • 1h 48m

Overview

Biographic film chronicling the last year of the life of the Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani, 1919, who falls in love with a girl from a wealthy family. Her parents are against this relationship and stop financial help. Modigliani worked and died in abject poverty in the Montparnasse Quarter of Paris, France.

Jacques Becker

Director, Screenplay

Max Ophüls

Director, Writer

Michel-Georges Michel

Novel

Cast

Gérard Philipe's headshot

Gérard Philipe

Amedeo Modigliani
Lilli Palmer's headshot

Lilli Palmer

Béatrice Hastings
Lea Padovani's headshot

Lea Padovani

Rosalie
Gérard Séty's headshot

Gérard Séty

Léopold Sborowsky
Lino Ventura's headshot

Lino Ventura

Morel
Anouk Aimée's headshot

Anouk Aimée

Jeanne Hébuterne
Lila Kedrova's headshot

Lila Kedrova

Anna Zborowsky
Arlette Poirier's headshot

Arlette Poirier

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