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The Best Part

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Calorie Rating: 126
Released: 1955-12-30
Running Time: 90 Minutes
Studios: Silver Films, Noria Film, Le Trident,


Philippe Perrin, a young engineer passionate about his work, leads the construction of a huge dam in the High Alps. Like all the men who work on the building site, he gives the best part of himself. Unfortunately, his health deteriorates but he refuses to follow the doctor's orders as well as the advice of Micheline, a young nurse who has fallen in love with him. However, driven by the evolution of his illness, Philippe finally makes up his mind to go down to the valley for a treatment. On the very day of his departure though, a young Arab worker gets killed in a rock crusher...

Director / Directors



Cast

Gérard Philipe
Character: Philippe Perrin
Michèle Cordoue
Character: Micheline
Georges Chamarat
Character: Lemoigne

Umberto Spadaro
Character: Gino
Valeria Moriconi
Character: Odette
Olivier Hussenot
Character: Colombin

Alberto Bonucci
Character: Antoine
Jean Lefebvre
Character: Raymond
Jean-Jacques Lécot
Character: Pasquier

Michel François
Character: Doctor Molinier
Jess Hahn
Character: Karl

Mohamed Ziani
Character: Ali
Augusto Mingione
Character: Pietro

Louis Velle
Character: The new chief engineer
Jacques Moulières
Character: Luigi

Giacomo Furia
Character: The canteen manager
Lina Furia
Character: The canteen manager

Gabriel Gobin
Character: A card player
Charles Denner
Character: An assistant engineer

Émile Genevois
Character: Worker
Gérard Oury
Character: Gérard Bailly
Paola Borboni
Character: (uncredited)

Raymond Brun
Character: (uncredited)
Olivier Darrieux
Character: A Man at the Wedding (uncredited)
Georges Galley
Character: (uncredited)

Gérard Hernandez
Character: The worker who replaces the storekeeper
Jacques Morlaine
Character: (uncredited)
Madame Pâquerette
Character: The owner of the center bistro (uncredited)


Production and Crew


Auguste Capelier
Production Design

Henri Alekan
Director of Photography