The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir
Le Petit Théâtre de Jean Renoir
Release: 1974-05-02
·Runtime: 100m
·★ 5.7
Drama
TV Movie
Part One, "The Last Christmas Dinner," is about the relationship between an old man and an old woman, both homeless. Part Two, "The Electric Floor Polisher," is an opera-like story of a woman who is obsessed with polishing her floors. Part Three is a musical interlude featuring Jeanne Moreau singing "When Love Dies." Part Four, "The Virtue of Tolerance," concerns an old man, his young wife, and how they come to terms when she has an affair with a man her own age.
Production Countries
Germany
France
Italy
Production Companies
Bavaria Film TV
Son et Lumière
RAI
ORTF
Cast
Jean Renoir
as The Narrator/Host
Frédéric Santaya
Roland Bertin
as Gontran (segment "Le dernier réveillon")
Jeanne Moreau
as The Singer (segment "Quand l'amour meurt")
Milly
as Female Bum (segment "Le dernier réveillon")
Jacques Dynam
as Jules, the Second Husband (segment "La cireuse électrique")
Paul Bisciglia
as Un clochard (segment "Le dernier réveillon")
Lisa Livane
as Un amoureux/Young Man (segment "La cireuse électrique") (as Claude Guillaume)
Andrex
as Blanc (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")
Marguerite Cassan
as Émilie (segment "La cireuse électrique")
Roger Trapp
as Max Vialle (segment "Le dernier réveillon")
Robert Lombard
as Le maître d'hôtel (segment "Le dernier réveillon")
André Dumas
as le Gérant (segment "Le dernier réveillon")
Nino Formicola
as The Bum (segment "Le dernier réveillon")
Françoise Arnoul
as Isabelle Duvallier (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")
Pierre Olaf
as Gustave, the Husband (episode "La cireuse électrique")
Jean Carmet
as Doctor Féraud (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")
Dominique Labourier
as Paulette (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")
Fernand Sardou
as Duvallier (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")
Edmond Ardisson
as César, le chemineau/The Tramp (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")
