1955 film by Marc Allégret

School for Love

Directed by| Marc Allégret
Written by| Marc Allégret
Roger Vadim
Based on| Eingang zur Bühne (The Entrance to the Stage)
1920 novel
by Vicki Baum[1]
Produced by| Gilbert Cohen-Seat
Starring| Jean Marais
Brigitte Bardot
Cinematography| Robert Juillard
Edited by| Suzanne de Troeye
Music by| Jean Wiener

Production
companies

Régie du Film
Del Duca Films

Distributed by| Columbia Pictures

Release dates

| 26 April 1955 (France); 28 January (West Germany)
1960 (USA)[2]

Running time

| 96 minutes
Country| France
Language| French
Box office| $7.1 million[3]

School for Love (Futures vedettes) is a French drama film from 1955 directed by Marc Allégret, written by Marc Allégret and starring Brigitte Bardot and Jean Marais. The screenplay was based on a novel by Vicki Baum.[4]

The film was known under the titles Joy of Living or School for Love in the U.S., Sweet Sixteen in the U.K. and Reif auf jungen Blüten in West Germany.

## Contents

* 1 Plot
* 2 Cast
* 3 Reception
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Plot[edit]

Tenor Eric Walter is a teacher at a Vienna conservatory who is separated from his wife, opera singer Marie. When he begins seeing one of the students, Sophie, another student named Elisa becomes jealous.

## Cast[edit]

* Jean Marais as Éric Walter
* Brigitte Bardot as Sophie
* Isabelle Pia as Élis (Élisa)
* Yves Robert as Clément
* Denise Noël as Marie Koukowska-Walter
* Mischa Auer (crédité Misha Auer) as Berger
* Lila Kedrova as la mère de Sophie
* Edmond Beauchamp as le père d’Élis
* Yvette Etiévant as la mère d’Élis
* Georges Reich as Dick
* Anne Colette as Marion
* Odile Rodin as Erika
* Mylène Demongeot as The vocalist

## Reception[edit]

The film performed poorly at the French box office,[3] with only 949,416 admissions.[5]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Silverman, Lisa (2012-06-19). Becoming Austrians: Jews and Culture between the World Wars. ISBN 9780199794881.
2. ^ Stinson, Charles (3 June 1960). "Bardot (Clad) Studies Voice in New Film". Los Angeles Times. p. A7.
3. ^ a b "Future Vendettes". Box Office Story.
4. ^ Futures vedettes (1955) at the Films de France
5. ^ "Box Office Figures for Jean Marais films". Box Office Story.

## External links[edit]

* School for Love at IMDb
* Future Vendettes at TCMDB
* School for Love at AllMovie
* Future Vendettes at BFI
* Futures vedettes (1955) at the Films de France

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Select Films of Marc Allégret

* Travels in the Congo (1927) (documentary)
* J'ai quelque chose à vous dire (1931) (short)
* Black and White (1931)
* Fanny (1932)
* The Chocolate Girl (1932)
* Lake of Ladies (1934)
* Zouzou (1934)
* Adventure in Paris (1936)
* Under Western Eyes (1936)
* The Terrible Lovers (1936)
* Woman of Malacca (1937)
* Another World (1937)
* Gribouille (1937)
* The Curtain Rises (1938)
* Orage (1938)
* Le Corsaire (1939) (unfinished)
* The Beautiful Adventure (1942)
* Two Timid Souls (1943)
* Twilight (1944)
* Les Petites du quai aux fleurs (1944)
* Lunegarde (1945)
* Pétrus (1946)
* Blanche Fury (1948)
* The Naked Heart (1950)
* Blackmailed (1951)
* La demoiselle et son revenant (1952)
* Julietta (1953)
* Loves of Three Queens (1953)
* School for Love (1955)
* Lady Chatterley's Lover (1955)
* Plucking the Daisy (1956)
* Love Is at Stake (1957)
* Be Beautiful But Shut Up (1958)
* Demons at Midnight (1961)
* The Man from Chicago (1963)
* The Ball of Count Orgel (1970)

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