Love Letters (French: Lettres d'amour) is a 1942 French historical drama film directed by Claude Autant-Lara and starring Odette Joyeux, François Périer and Julien Carette.Williams p.290https://www.unifrance.org/film/8347/lettres-d-amourRège p.39 It was shot at the Boulogne Studios in Paris during the German Occupation. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Dumesnil and Jacques Krauss while the costumes were designed by Christian Dior.
Cast Odette Joyeux as Zélie Fontaine François Périer as François de Portal Julien Carette as Loriquet - le maître à danser Simone Renant as La préfète Hortense de la Jacquerie André Alerme as Le marquis de Longevialle Jean Debucourt as L'empereur Napoléon III Jean Parédès as Désiré Ledru Robert Vattier as Maître Boubousson Louis Salou as Monsieur de Mortemort Jacqueline Champi as Marinette Ariane Murator as Charlotte Gilles Quéant as Le fou de la danse Yves Deniaud as Le maire Georges Pally as Daronne Jean-Pierre Kérien as Le postillon Martial Rèbe as Le président Robert Arnoux as Monsieur de la Jacquerie Henri de Livry as Le ministre de la Justice
References
Bibliography Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009. Siclier, Jacques. La France de Pétain et son cinéma. H. Veyrier, 1981. Williams, Alan L. Republic of Images: A History of French Filmmaking. Harvard University Press, 1992.
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