Camille (1936)

Directed by

George Cukor

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 154 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A beautiful Parisian courtesan falls in love with a young man from a respectable family. Their affair is threatened by society's judgment and her failing health.

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What happens

Camille is a 1936 American romantic tragedy film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer directed by George Cukor, and produced by Irving Thalberg and Bernard H. Hyman, from a screenplay by James Hilton, Zoë Akins, and Frances Marion. The picture is based on the 1848 novel and 1852 play La dame aux camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils. The film stars Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Jessie Ralph, Henry Daniell, and Laura Hope Crews. It grossed $2,842,000. Camille was included in Time magazine's "All-Time 100 Movies" in 2005. It was also included at #33 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions. Garbo received her third Best Actress nomination for Camille at the 10th Academy Awards in 1938. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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