The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Overview

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.

Details

Cast

Catherine Deneuve

Geneviève Emery

Nino Castelnuovo

Guy Foucher

Anne Vernon

Madame Emery

Mireille Perrey

Tante Élise

Marc Michel

Roland Cassard

Ellen Farner

Madeleine

Jean Champion

Aubin

Jean-Pierre Dorat

Jean

Harald Wolff

Monsieur Dubourg

Pierre Caden

Bernard

Bernard Fradet

Gas Station Apprentice

Michel Benoist

Umbrella Buyer

Philippe Dumat

Garage Customer in 1957

Dorothée Blanck

Girl in Cafe

Jane Carat

Ginny

Danielle Licari

Geneviève Emery (singing voice)

José Bartel

Guy Foucher (singing voice)

Christiane Legrand

Madame Emery (singing voice)

Georges Blaness

Roland Cassard (singing voice)

Claudine Meunier

Madeleine (singing voice, as C. Meunier)