The Last Metro

Le dernier métro, feature film, romantic drama, France, 1980

DIRECTED BY: François Truffaut

The Last Metro

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'

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