Alexandre Dumas' romantic novel Lady of the Camelias (more popularly known as Camille) was filmed twice in 1953, first in Argentina, then in France. The Argentine film was heavily modernized, while the French version returns to Dumas' 19th-century milieu. Micheline Presle is excellent as Marguerite, the gorgeous courtesan who flits from man to man until she finds true love in the form of the much-younger Armand (Rolande Alexandre). Though he is willing to marry her despite her past, she is persuaded to forsake him, lest his reputation be ruined. The story then wends its way towards its famous tragic finale, as the consumptive Marguerite is permitted a few brief moments of happiness before her flame is permanently extinguished. Advertised as the seventh version of the Dumas classic, La Dame aux Camelias was certainly not the last.
Directed by Fernand Rivers, Abel Gance
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Cast
Yvonne Printemps
Marguerite Gauthier
Pierre Fresnay
Armand Duval
Jane Marken
Prudence
Roland Armontel
Gaston
André Dubosc
le duc
Armand Lurville
Saint-Gaudens
Andrée Lafayette
Olympe
Lugné-Poe
M. Duval
Irma Génin
Nichette
Renée Sénac
Nanine
Eddy Debray
Varville
Pierre Morin
Le docteur
Rivers Cadet
Le marchand d'oublies
Janine Berry
La patronne
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