Maxime
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Henri Verneuil
Charles Boyer
Michèle Morgan
Arletty
Félix Marten
Jacques Dufilho
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In turn-of-the-century Paris, Maxime, an aging, impoverished, yet charming aristocrat, exists by arranging romantic rendezvous for Hubert Treffujean, a boorish and drunken millionaire. Hubert has become enamored of the beautiful Jacqueline Monneron, but the young woman, familiar with his behavior, refuses to meet him. Instead, she falls in love with the debonair Maxime. As their love affair progresses, Maxime finds it increasingly difficult to live up to his man-about-town reputation and to match Jacqueline's high scale of living. Then one day Jacqueline surprises him at his home and discovers his poverty. Although touched, she realizes that he can never provide her with the brilliant life she has always known, and her passion turns to compassion. Hubert, meanwhile, has modeled himself after Maxime and become a sober and pleasant young man. Consequently, when Jacqueline eventually does meet him, she decides in favor of wealth and youth. After challenging his patron to a duel in an effort to salvage his dignity, Maxime faces a lonely future.
Director
Henri Verneuil
Cast
Charles Boyer
Michèle Morgan
Arletty
Félix Marten
Jacques Dufilho
Micheline Luccioni
Jane Marken
Meg Lemonnier
André Brunot
Jean-marie Proslier
Yvonne Constant
Geneviève Morel
Odette Barancay
Van Doude
Fernand Fabre
Lud Germain
Richard Larke
Liliane Patrick
Crew
Gaston Ancessi
Gabriel Bechir
Jean Becker
Marcel Bouguereau
Ernest Bourreaud
Gilbert Chain
Robert Clavel
Lucile Costa
Rosine Delamare
Jean-claude Dubois
Henri Jeanson
Henri Jeanson
Simone Knapp
Laquerrière
Christian Matras
Jean Mottet
Antoine Petitjean
Raoul Ploquin
Gabriel Rongier
Jacques Serres
Jean-paul Ulysse
Albert Valentin
Blanche Van Parys
Georges Van Parys
Henri Verneuil
Michel Wyn
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Location scenes filmed in Paris. Opened in Paris in November 1958; running time: 124 min.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in France December 1958
Released in United States 1962
b&w
dialogue French
subtitled
Released in United States 1962
Released in France December 1958
