Edith et Marcel (1983)
This tragic musical drama chronicles the star-crossed love between beloved French singer Edith Piaf and World Middleweight boxing champion Marcel Cerdan who died in a plane crash. The tumultuous affair is paralleled by the love affair of a French POW and his young pen pal who get engaged after writing to each other for four years and having never met. Their romances are framed by the sad, torchy songs of Piaf. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Evelyne Bouix, Marcel Cerdan, Jr., (more)
- Director(s):
- Claude Lelouch
Synopsis of Edith et Marcel
This tragic musical drama chronicles the star-crossed love between beloved French singer Edith Piaf and World Middleweight boxing champion Marcel Cerdan who died in a plane crash. The tumultuous affair is paralleled by the love affair of a French POW and his young pen pal who get engaged after writing to each other for four years and having never met. Their romances are framed by the sad, torchy songs of Piaf. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Complete Cast of Edith et Marcel
- Evelyne Bouix - Edith Piaf
- Marcel Cerdan, Jr. - Marcel Cerdan
- Jean-Claude Brialy - Loulou Barrier
- Jean Bouise - Lucien Roupp
- Charles Gerard - Charlot
- Christian Gaubert
- Jean-Louis Vitrac
- Jean Rougerie - Theater Director
- Tanya Lopert - English Teacher
- Carlo Nell
- Allan Wenger
- Vincent Martin
- Jean-Claude Bourbault
- Candice Patou - Margot's Sister
- Maurice Garrel - Margot's Father
- Josine Comelas
- Ginette Garcin - Guite
- Marc Berman
- Evelyne Bouix - Margot de Villedieu
- Jacques Villeret - Jacques Barbier
- Francis Huster - Francis Roman
- Yveline Ailhaud
- Francis Lai
- Charles Aznavour - Himself
- Carl Studer
- Georges Lycan
- Philippe Khorsand - Jo Longman
- Corine Blue
- Peter Semler
- Stephane Ferrara - Boxer
- Robert Lombard
- Beata Tyszkiewicz - Margot's Mother
- Jean-Pierre Bacri
- Charlotte de Turckheim - Ginou
- Louise Chevalier
- Director(s):
- Claude Lelouch
- Writer(s):
- Pierre Uytterhoeven, Gilles Durieux, Claude Lelouch
- Producer(s):
- Tania Zazulinsky, Claude Lelouch
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