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
Roger Trapp
as Max Vialle (segment "Le dernier réveillon")
Nino Formicola
as The Bum (segment "Le dernier réveillon")
Robert Lombard
as Le maître d'hôtel (segment "Le dernier réveillon")
Edmond Ardisson
as César, le chemineau/The Tramp (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")
Milly
as Female Bum (segment "Le dernier réveillon")
Pierre Olaf
as Gustave, the Husband (episode "La cireuse électrique")
André Dumas
as le Gérant (segment "Le dernier réveillon")
Frédéric Santaya
Jeanne Moreau
as The Singer (segment "Quand l'amour meurt")
Fernand Sardou
as Duvallier (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")
Françoise Arnoul
as Isabelle Duvallier (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")
Marguerite Cassan
as Émilie (segment "La cireuse électrique")
Jacques Dynam
as Jules, the Second Husband (segment "La cireuse électrique")
Jean Carmet
as Doctor Féraud (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")
Dominique Labourier
as Paulette (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")
Paul Bisciglia
as Un clochard (segment "Le dernier réveillon")
Roland Bertin
as Gontran (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")
