The Last Metro
Le dernier métro, feature film, romantic drama, France, 1980
DIRECTED BY: François Truffaut
CAST:
Catherine Deneuve (Marion Steiner),
Gérard Depardieu (Bernard Granger),
Heinz Bennent (Lucas Steiner),
Jean Poiret (Jean-Loup Cottins),
Andréa Ferréol (Arlette Guillaume)
SCRIPT:
François Truffaut,
Suzanne Schiffman,
Jean-Claude Grumberg
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Néstor Almendros
MUSIC:
Georges Delerue
EDITING:
Martine Barraqué
Synopsis:
The story takes place during WW II in a theatre in the middle of occupied Paris. In the theater basement there hides Lucas Steiner, a Jew who fears for his life. His wife, actress Marion Steiner, tries to keep the theater open and hires Bernard Granger as the main actor in the new play.
color, 131'