Jeux interdits (1952)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

René Clément

Writers:

Jean Aurenche (dialogue)
Jean Aurenche (screenplay)
(more)

Release Date:

8 December 1952 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | War

Tagline:

War...and how it affects the lives of our children

Plot:

A young French girl orphaned in a Nazi air attack is befriended by the son of a poor farmer, and together they try to come to terms with the realities of death.

Plot Keywords:

Dog | Cemetery | 1940s | Air Raid | Children

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 7 wins

Cast

Georges Poujouly	...	Michel Dolle
Brigitte Fossey	...	Paulette
Amédée	...	Francis Gouard
Laurence Badie	...	Berthe Dolle
Madeleine Barbulée	...	Red Cross Nun (end of film)
Suzanne Courtal	...	Madame Dolle
Lucien Hubert	...	Dolle, the Father
Jacques Marin	...	Georges Dolle
Pierre Merovée	...	Raymond Dolle
Violette Monnier
Denise Péronne	...	Jeanne Gouard (as Denise Perronne)
Fernande Roy
Louis Saintève	...	Priest
André Wasley	...	Gouard, the Father
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
André Enard	...	(uncredited)
Louis Herbert	...	(uncredited)
Bernard Musson	...	Un gendarme (uncredited)
Annie Ravel	...	(uncredited)
Georges Sauval	...	(uncredited)
Louis Slover	...	(uncredited)
Janine Zorelli	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
René Clément

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jean Aurenche		dialogue
Jean Aurenche		screenplay
Pierre Bost		dialogue
Pierre Bost		screenplay
François Boyer		dialogue
François Boyer		novel "Les Jeux Inconnus"
François Boyer		screenplay
René Clément		writer

Produced by
Robert Dorfmann	....	producer

Original Music by
Narciso Yepes

Cinematography by
Robert Juillard

Film Editing by
Roger Dwyre

Art Direction by
Paul Bertrand

Costume Design by
Majo Brandley		(uncredited)

Makeup Department
Paul Dean	....	makeup artist (as P. Dean)

Production Management
Paul Joly	....	production manager
André Rameau	....	assistant unit manager (as A. Rameau)
G. Testard	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
René Albouze	....	assistant exteriors director (as R. Albouze)
Claude Clément	....	assistant director
L. Keigel	....	second assistant director
Robert Turlure	....	exteriors director (as R. Turlure)
Pierre Kast	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
René Albouze	....	assistant property master (as R. Albouze)
Clément Hurel	....	poster artist
Eugène Roman	....	assistant art director (as E. Roman)
Robert Turlure	....	property master (as R. Turlure)

Sound Department
Jacques Lebreton	....	sound
R. Moreau	....	assistant sound
P. Rubin	....	assistant sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Daniel Diot	....	camera operator (as D. Diot)
Bob Pater	....	camera operator
J. Robin	....	camera operator
Robert Tomatis	....	still photographer

Editorial Department
Françoise Javet	....	assistant editor (as F. Javet)

Other crew
Yvette Vérité	....	script girl (as Y. Vérité)

Production Companies

• Silver Films

Distributors

• Les Films Corona (1952) (France) (theatrical)
• Times Film Corporation (1952) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Criterion Collection, The (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (1977) (USA) (TV) (network premiere)
• Image Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Aurora (2005) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Criterion Collection, The (????) (USA) (VHS) (laserdisc)
• Jerand Film Distributors (1952) (USA) (theatrical)

Also Known As:

Forbidden Games (USA)
The Secret Game
Apigorevmena paihnidia (Greece) [el]
Brincadeiras Proibidas (Portugal) (original subtitled version) [pt]
Brinquedo Proibido (Brazil) [pt]
Förbjuden lek (Sweden) [sv]
Forbudte lege (Denmark) [da]
Giochi proibiti (Italy) [it]
Jeux interdits (Belgium: French title) [fr]
Juegos prohibidos (Spain) [es]
Kielletyt leikit (Finland) [fi]
Verboden spelen (Belgium: Flemish title) [un]
Verbotene Spiele (West Germany) [de]

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric System)

Certification:

Finland:K-8 | Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:12

Filming Locations:

La Foux, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France

Company:

Silver Films

Trivia:

Brigitte Fossey's first film.

Goofs:

Continuity: Father Dolle drinks the same glass of wine twice, or does not pour the second glass. The level of wine in the bottle does not appear to change.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Le fils de Gascogne (1995)

wonderful!

Never has the world of adults seemed so utterly stupid, brutal and senseless than through the eyes of two innocent children who have to deal with pain, loss, death and war. And yet, the film is gentle, subtle, inobtrusive in its portrayal of the grown-up's follies, and refreshingly unsentimental about presenting the pain and beauty of childhood.

A masterpiece.

Few other titles come to mind in which child actors have so much to bear, and they manage it effortlessly & unforgettably.

[The only thing that bothers me is the too convincing 'acting' of the dead /?/ dog...]