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Louise is a french film of genre Drama directed by Abel Gance with Grace Moore
Louise (1939)
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Add to a movie listLouise is a 1939 French musical film directed by Abel Gance. It was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.
Described as "wonderfully atmospheric", the film is based on the opera of the same name by Gustave Charpentier. Charpentier remained on the set throughout the filming and personally coached Grace Moore, who played the title role. Both Georges Thill, who played Julien and André Pernet who played Louise's father, were famous exponents of those roles on the opera stage and had recorded them in 1935.
Synopsis
Éprise d'un musicien, une petite ouvrière passe outre l'interdit de ses parents pour partager la vie de l'homme qu'elle aime.Actors
Grace Moore
(Louise)
Suzanne Desprès
(La mère de Louise)
Robert Le Vigan
(Le peintre Gaston)
Ginette Leclerc
(Lucienne)
Edmond Beauchamp
(Le philosophe)
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