The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
A film for all the young lovers of the world.
7.4(899) 1964-02-19 93 minDramaRomance
This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery, an employee in her widowed mother's chic but financially embattled umbrella shop. On the evening before Guy is to leave for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria, he and Geneviève make love. She becomes pregnant and must choose between waiting for Guy's return or accepting an offer of marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant.
ProducerMag Bodard
ProducerGilbert de Goldschmidt
DirectorJacques Demy
Original Music ComposerMichel Legrand
WriterJacques Demy
ScreenplayJacques Demy
ProducerPierre Lazareff
Cast & characters
Catherine Deneuve
as Geneviève Emery
Nino Castelnuovo
as Guy Foucher
Anne Vernon
as Madame Emery
Mireille Perrey
as Tante Élise
Marc Michel
as Roland Cassard
Ellen Farner
as Madeleine
Jean Champion
as Aubin
Jean-Pierre Dorat
as Jean
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Harald Wolff
as Monsieur Dubourg
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Pierre Caden
as Bernard
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Bernard Fradet
as Gas Station Apprentice
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Michel Benoist
as Umbrella Buyer
Philippe Dumat
as Garage Customer in 1957
Dorothée Blanck
as Girl in Cafe
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Jane Carat
as Ginny
Danielle Licari
as Geneviève Emery (singing voice)
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José Bartel
as Guy Foucher (singing voice)
Christiane Legrand
as Madame Emery (singing voice)
Georges Blaness
as Roland Cassard (singing voice)
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Claudine Meunier
as Madeleine (singing voice, as C. Meunier)
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Claire Leclerc
as Tante Élise (singing voice)
Patrick Bricard
as Waiter (uncredited)
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Jacques Camelinat
as Garage Customer in 1959 (uncredited)
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François Charet
as Mechanic in 1959 (uncredited)
