Les amants de Teruel

Paris: Cinedis, 1962. Collection of 16 vintage borderless single weight film stills for the 1962 French musical film. Featured are several stunning images of actress Tcherina as Isa, Duchess of Teruel. Brief numerical annotations on the versos in manuscript pencil.

Belgian actor-director Rouleau's rarely seen drama was the opening film at the 15th annual Cannes Film Festival, winner of the festival's Technical Grand Prize, and nominated for a Palme d'Or. Of note is the film's cinematographer Claude Renoir, whose other credits include "Serenade" (1940), "Madame Butterfly" (1954), "Barbarella" (1968), and "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977).

Isa is a dancer in a troupe of poor traveling comedians who perform in public; she stars as the Duchess of Teruel, unhappily married and in love with a poor man who inevitably commits suicide, resulting in Isa's nervous breakdown.

7 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus overall, with moderate curling, light edgewear, a handful with slight discoloration.

[Book #142903]