Le Grand Cirque
Directed byGeorges Péclet
Written byAndré Castelot
Georges Péclet
Joseph Kessel
Produced byRobert Florat
StarringPamela Skiff
Pierre Cressoy
Jean Barrère
Jean Christian
Édouard Delmont
Pierre Larquey
CinematographyPaul Cotteret
Music byMarcel Stern
Distributed byImperator Films
Release date
10th March 1950 (France)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguagesEnglish
French

Le Grand Cirque is a 1950 French war film directed by Georges Péclet. It is based on the memoir of the same name by Pierre Clostermann.[1][2][3]

Plot

Pierre Despont is seconded to a Free French squadron flying with the RAF at Biggin Hill Aerodrome, under the command of René Mouchotte. The fearless Despont becomes close friends with fellow pilots Jean Loessig and Jacques Desmarets, but the squadron's dangerous reconnaissance and combat missions in Spitfire Mk. IX fighters take their toll on the pilots. Loessig goes missing over Normandy during the D-Day landings while Desmarets is killed on the final day of combat in Europe, leaving his wife a widow. Despont survives the war but is left melancholy by the loss of his friends.[4][1]

Cast

  • Pamela Skiff as Patricia
  • Pierre Cressoy as Pierre Despont
  • Jean Barrère as Jacques Desmarets
  • Jean Christian as Captain Mouchotte
  • Roger Saltel as Jean Loessig
  • Édouard Delmont as Peasant
  • Pierre Larquey as the priest
  • Alexandre Dundas
  • Alain Terrane
  • Manuel Gary as Mechanic
  • Jean Ozenne
  • Jean Vilmont
  • Anne Laurens as Sybil
  • Jacques Roux as an aviator
  • Jacques Marbeuf
  • André Chanu

Release

The film was a moderate success, taking $3,043,781 at the French box office.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Les Films Du Mois". Le Cinéopse : organe mensuel de l'industrie cinématographique. 1 January 1950.
  2. ↑ "Clostermann à Montargis". Le Libérateur de la région du Gâtinais. 8 March 1950.
  3. ↑ "Le Grand Cirque (1950)". French Films.org.
  4. 1 2 "Le Grand cirque (1950) - JP Box-Office". www.jpbox-office.com. Retrieved 2023-01-16.


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