France / Italy,
1955, 106 min
(Alternative: 100 min)
Directed by:
René ClairScreenplay:
René ClairCinematography:
Robert LefebvreComposer:
Georges Van ParysCast:
Michèle Morgan, Gérard Philipe, Jean Desailly, Pierre Dux, Jacques Fabbri, Jacques François, Yves Robert, Brigitte Bardot, Lise Delamare, Jacqueline Maillan (more)VOD (1)
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Les Grandes Manoeuvres is a wonderfully autumnal work from Rene Clair - it was also his first film in color, and he uses the production design and the story, coupled with the range of available hues to impart a dreamlike quality to plot, a romantic escapade by a vain military officer on the eve of World War I. Michele Morgan (Passage To Marseilles, The Chase) is the object of Gerard Phillipe's affections in this wistful tale of a world and an era gone by. (Criterion)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 1956 - Best Foreign Language Film
San Sebastián International Film Festival
- 1956 - René Clair (Best Film - Foreign Film)