Synopsis
Based on a venerable Legend of the Sea, the story concerns a pliable prostitute named Bella (Romance) who is all things to all men. No matter what sort of woman her client wants, she will become that woman -- at least for the night. When a middle-aged man named Jean (Marcel Dalio) insists that Bella is his long-lost sweetheart, she plays along, hoping to escape her sordid lifestyle. The emotional tragedy that follows is meant to explain how Bella became "Maya," the living embodiment of Lost Souls.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (36)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Isarfilm
Full credits (10)
- Executive Producer : Viviane Romance
- Author of original work : Simon Gantillon
- Sound Recordist : Joseph De Bretagne
- Screenwriter : Simon Gantillon
- Director of Photography : André Thomas
- Production Manager : Ralph Baum
- Editor : Charlotte Guilbert
- Production Designer : Léon Barsacq
- Music Composer : Georges Auric
- Costume designer : Olga Choumansky
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Prostitution
- Production language : French
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French
- Production year : 1949
- French release : 30/11/1949
- Runtime : 1 h 18 min
- Current status : Released
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Mono
