The Truth About Bebe Donge
by Henri Decoin1h441951France
Recommended byBertrand Tavernier, Paul Vecchiali, Albert Dupontel
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François Donge, a rich entrepreneur and womanizer, meets a young woman nicknamed Bébé and marries her. Ten years later, as he lays dying on a hospital bed after being poisoned by his wife, he relives their life together and realizes how much the young woman who once adored him suffered from the anguish caused by his many affairs and indifference.
Credits
- Distributor : Gaumont
- Production Compagny : Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC)
- Photo Director : Léonce-Henri Burel
- Scenario : Maurice Aubergé
- Original Work Author : Georges Simenon
- Sound Recorder : Constantin Evangelou
- Costume Design : Pierre Balmain
- Set Decoration : Jean Douarinou
- Editing : Annick Millet
- Original Music : Jean-Jacques Grünenwald
- Producer : André Halley des Fontaines
- Director : Henri Decoin
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1951
- French release date : 13 février 1952
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Black and White
- Language : French
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