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Casque d'or (1952) More at IMDbPro »

• The title "Casque d'Or" refers to Marie's hair, which resembles a golden helmet.
  
  
• Literary critics at the time were outraged by the fact that Jacques Becker chose to emphasize atmospherics at the expense of psychology. Nevertheless, Becker's approach had a profound effect on the young film-makers that would later go on to form the French New Wave, thereby changing French cinema forever.
  
  
• The film failed miserably on its release in France. Across the English Channel, however, it was a hit, with Simone Signoret winning the BAFTA for Best Actress in a Foreign-Language Film and the movie itself being nominated for Best Film.
  
  
• The original plotline for the film was about an executioner and a criminal, instead of the heartfelt romance that ultimately made up the plot.
  
  
• Based on a real Paris underworld incident that took place in 1898.
  
  
• This was Jacques Becker's own favorite film, and the only one of his movies to receive wide international release.
  
  

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