Nez de cuir (1951)

Directed by

Yves Allégret, Mauro Bolognini

Genre

drama film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 32m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

After the Napoleonic Wars, a French nobleman returns home disfigured from battle. He struggles to reconcile his old life with his changed appearance and the expectations of those around him.

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What happens

Leathernose (French: Nez de cuir, Italian: Naso di cuoio) is a 1952 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Yves Allégret and starring Jean Marais, Françoise Christophe and Mariella Lotti. It is an adaptation of the 1936 novel by Jean de La Varende, set in France in the years after the Napoleonic Wars. It was shot at the Joinville Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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