The Christmas tree

the Christmas tree is a film carried out by Terence Young. This Franco-Italian coproduction left in 1969.

Synopsis

Rich person Franco-American businessman, Laurent Ségur is happy to introduce his new partner, Catherine Graziani, with his young person wire, Pascal, ten years, whose mom died accidentally. It is the beginning of the summer holidays. Pascal wants to pass them to Corsica. There, at the seaside, his/her father and see him exploding a military aircraft whose pilot could release in parachute the invaluable loading: an atomic bomb. Contaminated by radiations, Pascal is reached of leukemia and has nothing any more but six months to live. Laurent, who must his own safety have been under water at the fateful time, decides to offer to the child the most marvellous life which is and food takes it along to the castle that it bought, where await them Verdun, which was his/her companion of resistance and the controlling old woman Marinette.

Data sheet

Title: the Christmas tree (The Christmas Tree)
Realization: Terence Young
Realization (second team): Bernard Farrel
Scenario: According to the novel of Michel Battles
Adaptation and Dialog: Terence Young
Assistant realizer: Paul Feyder
Images: Henri Alekan
Operator: Henri Tiquet and Raymond Picon-Borel for the second team
Music: Georges Auric (Edition Eden-Rock)
Decorations: Jean Andre, assisted of Romance Tony, Eugene Romance, Robert Andre
Sound: William-Robert Sivel
Assembly: Monique Bonnot, assisted of Johnny Dwyre, Madeleine Bagiau, Annie Charrier
Script girl: Janine Wita
General Manager: Clo of Olban, Jean Drouin
Administrator: Roger Morand
Costumes: Different Tanine
Make-up: Marie-madeleine Paris
Hairstyles: Alain Scemama
Interior designer: Special Fernand Bernardi, Robert Turlure
Accessories supplier, effects: Karl Baumgartner, Daniel Braunschweig
Westrex Recording, Franay Laboratory, Generic L.T.C Saint-Cloud
: Lax
Film 35mm color by Eastmancolor
Turning in the studios of Victorine in Nice, in the studios of Boulogne, with the castle of Castellane, small village of the Alpes de Haute-Provence, in Saint-Tropez, Paris, Corsica
Production: Films Corona, Jupiter General Cinematografica
Chief of production: Robert Dorfmann
Directing of production: Georges Small valley
Distribution: Valoria-films
Lasted: 108mn
First presentation the 10/15/1969
Kind: Melodrama
Visa of exploitation: 35353

Distribution

William Holden: Laurent Ségur
Brook Fuller: Pascal Ségur
Andre Bourvil: Verdun
Virna Lisi : Catherine Graziani
Madeleine Damien: Marinette
Friedrich Von Ledebur : Mr. Vernet
Mario Féliciani: doctor
Michel Thomas: Corsica friend of Verdun
Georges Douking: animalist
Yves Barsacq: Charlie Lebreton
Jean-Pierre Castaldi: motorcyclist of the gendarmerie
France Daunic: instructress.
Raymond Rent: voice of William Holden
Perrette Pradier: voice of Virna Lisi
Paul Bonifas: voice of F. Von Ledebur
Jean-Henri Chambois: voice of Mario Feliciani
Maria Schneider?

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