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Casque d'Or

1952 · 99 min

A slow, tender romance wrapped in a somber crime tragedy, with elegant period detail and a haunting sense of inevitable doom.

Overview
At the end of the 19th century, during a ball in Joinville, on the outskirts of Paris, Georges, a former delinquent working as a carpenter, meets Marie, a young woman connected to a criminal gang.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • betrayal
  • justice
  • class
  • fate
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance7
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, crime, romance
Directed by
Jacques Becker
Written by
Jacques Becker, Jacques Companéez
Starring
Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Claude Dauphin, Raymond Bussières, Odette Barencey, Loleh Bellon, Solange Certin, Jacqueline Dane
Music
Georges Van Parys
Cinematography
Robert Lefebvre
Runtime
99 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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