The Call of Destiny (1953 film) explained

The Call of Destiny
Director:	Georges Lacombe
Producer:	Michel Lesay Léonce Relu
Starring:	Jean Marais Jacqueline Porel Édouard Delmont
Music:	Louis Beydts
Editing:	Henri Taverna Jacqueline Thiédot
Studio:	Miramar Productions
Distributor:	Ciné Sélections
Runtime:	100 minutes
Country:	France
Language:	French
Gross:	1,832,739 admissions (France)^[1]

The Call of Destiny (French: L'Appel du destin) is a 1953 French comedy drama film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Jean Marais, Jacqueline Porel and Édouard Delmont.^[2]

Plot

While on tour, a conducting prodigy encounters his father for the first time. A formerly brilliant pianist he has declined into alcoholism and abandoned the family.

Cast

• Jean Marais as Lorenzo Lombardi
• Jacqueline Porel as Lucienne Lombardi
• Roberto Benzi as Roberto Lombardi
• Édouard Delmont as M. Galibert
• Georgette Anys as La grosse Lolo
• Renée Devillers as Germaine Obrecht
• Charles Dechamps as Monsieur Roze
• Fernand Sardou as Dottore Aldo Guarneri
• Germaine Pape as Mme Torquato
• Fernand Rauzéna as M. Torquato
• Jean Lanier as Crespi, l'ami
• Marcel Lebas as Le facteur
• Philippe Richard as Le directeur
• Julien Verdier as Dupont, le musicien
• Léon Walther as Count Amadeo, le critique

Bibliography

• Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

• • L'Appel du destin (1953) at the Films de France

Notes and References

1. Web site: Box Office Figures for Jean Marais films. Box Office Story.
2. http://filmsdefrance.com/FDF_L_Appel_du_destin_1953_rev.html L'Appel du destin (1953)