Back Streets of Paris

Back Streets of Paris
Back Streets of Paris
	Original release poster
Directed by	Jacques Feyder; Marcel Blistène; (finished)
Written by	Jacques Viot; (scenario, adapatation. dialogue)
Produced by	Eugène Tucherer
Starring	Françoise Rosay; Paul Meurisse; Andrée Clément; Simone Signoret;
Cinematography	Louis Page
Edited by	Isabelle Elman
Music by	Jean Wiener
Production; company	B.U.P. Française
Distributed by	Régina
Release date	27 November 1946 (France);
Running time	105 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Back Streets of Paris (French: Macadam) is a 1946 French crime film directed by Marcel Blistène. Jacques Feyder also contributed to the film in the role of artistic director.

Plot

This story involves Madame Rose, a hotelkeeper in a Paris suburb who will stop at nothing, including murder. Other characters include one of her former accomplices who carries a suitcase full of cash, a kindhearted street vendor, the gangster's mistress, and the landlady's daughter, Simone, who dreams of a better life.

Cast

Françoise Rosay as Mme. Rose
Paul Meurisse as Victor Menard
Andrée Clément as Simone
Simone Signoret as Gisele
André Roanne as Marvejouis
Paul Demange as Marcel, le coiffeur
Georges Bever as Armand (as Bever)
Jeannette Batti as Mona
François Joux as Un inspecteur
Félix Clément as Himself
Richard Francoeur as Le maître d'hotel
Jacqueline Fontaine as Himself
Simone Max as Himself
André Nicard as Le voleur de draps
Félix Oudart as L'Hertier
Jacques Dacqmine as Fraçois (as Jacques Dacqmine de la Comédie Française)

Production

Filming took place between June and August 1946 at the Studios de Saint-Maurice, with exterior scenes filmed at the Zoo de Vincennes. Jean d'Eaubonne was the set designer.^[1]

Jacques Feyder is credited as artistic director ("direction artistique"). Although Feyder was ill at the time, according to Françoise Rosay (his wife) he was asked to supervise filming because various members of the crew had no confidence in the young and inexperienced director, Marcel Blistène. Relations on the set between Blistène and Feyder were hostile, and once filming was finished it was Feyder who oversaw the editing.^[2]

References

^ Jacques Feyder, sous la direction de Jan A. Gili et Michel Marie. Paris: Association française de recherche sur l'histoire du cinéma, 1998. pp. 249–250. (1895, numéro hors série, octobre 1998).
^ Françoise Rosay, La Traversée d'une vie. Paris: Robert Laffont, 1974. pp. 293–296.

External links

Macadam at IMDb
Macadam at AllMovie
Macadam at Ciné-Ressources.

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[1] Jacques Feyder, sous la direction de Jan A. Gili et Michel Marie. Paris: Association française de recherche sur l'histoire du cinéma, 1998. pp. 249–250. (1895, numéro hors série, octobre 1998).

[2] Françoise Rosay, La Traversée d'une vie. Paris: Robert Laffont, 1974. pp. 293–296.

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