Chéri-Bibi (1955 film)

Chéri-Bibi is a 1955 French-Italian adventure drama film directed by Marcello Pagliero and starring Jean Richard, Lea Padovani and Danielle Godet. It is based on the 1916 novel Chéri-Bibi and Cécily by Gaston Leroux.[1] [2] It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome and on location around Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franco Lolli. It was filmed in Ferraniacolor.

Chéri-Bibi
Directed byMarcello Pagliero
Written byPaul Mesnier
Based onChéri-Bibi and Cécily by Gaston Leroux
Produced byHenri Lavorel
StarringJean Richard
Lea Padovani
Danielle Godet
CinematographyMario Montuori
Edited byGiuliana Attenni
Music byGeorges Auric
Production
companies
Memnon Films
Union Générale Cinématographique
Taurus Film
Ariel Films
Distributed byL'Alliance Générale de Distribution Cinématographique
Release date
26 May 1955
Running time
84 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguageFrench

Synopsis

Wrongly accused of a crime Chéri-Bibi is sentence to imprisonment on the penal colony of Devil's Island in French Guiana. During the journey he leads a mutiny of the prisoners and they gain control of the ship. In the middle of the ocean he comes across a raft with the castaway Maxime du Touchais, the unworthy husband of Cécily the woman Chéri-Bibi loves. Taking the man's identity, Chéri-Bibi returns to France to seek revenge on those responsible for his fate and to seek a new future with Cécily.

Cast

See also

References
  1. Soister & Nicolella p.123
  2. Roust p.277

Bibliography
  • Roust, Colin Thomas. Sounding French: The Film Music and Criticism of Georges Auric, 1919-1945. University of Michigan, 2007.
  • Soister, John T. & Nicolella, Henry. Down from the Attic: Rare Thrillers of the Silent Era through the 1950s. McFarland, 2016.
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