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  • Two Love Crimes (1953)
  • 91 min | Drama, Romance
Two Love Crimes (1953)
91 min | Drama, Romance

Two adaptations. First, "Le Rideau cramoisi" by Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly is about a young second lieutenant of hussars, garrisoned in the provinces, who evokes a strange adventure. Staying with an old couple, he acts as acquaintance...See moreTwo adaptations. First, "Le Rideau cramoisi" by Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly is about a young second lieutenant of hussars, garrisoned in the provinces, who evokes a strange adventure. Staying with an old couple, he acts as acquaintance with Albertine, the daughter of his hosts, fell in love with her and, after paying her assiduous courtship, made her his mistress. But one night, she died in his arms. He tried in vain to get rid of the corpse and ended up run away. Second, "Mina de Vanghel" by Stendhal is about Mina, a young German, who came to settle in France with her mother in 1820. Her father, a deceased Prussian general, left her a immense fortune. Courted, she falls in love with Monsieur de Ruppert, a ruined man whose castle her mother bought. But Mina does not take long to unmask the dowry hunter. See less
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Directors
Alexandre Astruc (segments: Le Rideau cramoisi) | Maurice Barry (segments: Mina de Vanghel) | Maurice Clavel (segments: Mina de Vanghel)
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Anouk Aimée
Albertine (segment 2 'Le rideau cramoisi') Albertine (segment 2 'Le rideau cramoisi')   See fewer
Alain Cuny
M. de Larçay (segment 1 : 'Mina de Vanghel') M. de Larçay (segment 1 : 'Mina de Vanghel')   See fewer
Yves Furet
Narrator (segment 2 : 'Le rideau cramoisi') (voice) Narrator (segment 2 : 'Le rideau cramoisi') (voice)   See fewer
Marguerite Garcya
La mère d'Albertine (segment 2 : 'Le rideau cramoisi') La mère d'Albertine (segment 2 : 'Le rideau cramoisi')   See fewer
Jim Gérald
Le père d'Albertine (segment 2 : 'Le rideau cramoisi') Le père d'Albertine (segment 2 : 'Le rideau cramoisi')   See fewer
Jean-Claude Pascal
L'officier (segment 2 : 'Le rideau cramoisi') L'officier (segment 2 : 'Le rideau cramoisi')   See fewer
Jean Servais
Ruppert (segment 1 : 'Mina de Vanghel') Ruppert (segment 1 : 'Mina de Vanghel')   See fewer
Odile Versois
Mina de Vanghel (segment 1 : 'Mina de Vanghel') Mina de Vanghel (segment 1 : 'Mina de Vanghel')   See fewer
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