The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
A film for all the young lovers of the world.
92 mins
This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery, an employee in her widowed mother's chic but financially embattled umbrella shop. On the evening before Guy is to leave for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria, he and Geneviève make love. She becomes pregnant and must choose between waiting for Guy's return or accepting an offer of marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant.
Pierre Caden
Bernard
Bernard Fradet
Gas Station Apprentice
Michel Benoist
Umbrella Buyer
Jane Carat
Ginny
José Bartel
Guy Foucher (singing voice)
Claudine Meunier
Madeleine (singing voice, as C. Meunier)
Claire Leclerc
Tante Élise (singing voice)
Jacques Camelinat
Garage Customer in 1959 (uncredited)
François Charet
Mechanic in 1959 (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Chizat
Pierre - Mechanic (uncredited)
Bernard Garnier
Mechanic in 1959 (uncredited)
Hervé Legrand
François Foucher (uncredited)
Myriam Michelson
Girl in Cafe (uncredited)
Roger Perrinoz
Cafe Owner (uncredited)
Anne-Marie Cotret
Editor
Monique Teisseire
Editor
Jean Rabier
Director of Photography
Gilbert de Goldschmidt
Producer
Jacqueline Moreau
Costume Design
Mag Bodard
Producer
Claude Pignot
Assistant Set Decoration
Gisèle Chézeau
Assistant Editor
Jean-Paul Lemaître
Camera Operator
Maurice Urbain
Unit Production Manager
Bernard Largemains
Key Grip
Charles Chieusse
Location Manager
André Flédérick
Second Assistant Director
Annie Maurel
Script
Christine Fornelli
Makeup Artist
Klaus Müller-Laue
Assistant Director
Pierre Willemin
Camera Operator
Rhona Kane
Publicist
Roger Delattre
Electrician
Agnès Soulet
Costumer
Charles Chieusse
Production Manager
Pierre Lazareff
Producer
Jean Didenot
Assistant Art Director
Leo Weisse
Still Photographer
Philippe Dussart
Production Manager
Maurice Bourbotte
Other
Paul Videlier
Accountant
Jean-Paul Savignac
Assistant Director
Joseph Gerhard
Props
Jeanne Marie Olivier
Production Secretary
Larry Shaw
Still Photographer