The Best Part (1955)

ALL 12/30/1955 (fr) Drama 90 Min
  • Release
    12/30/1955
  • Production
    Silver Films, Noria Film, Le Trident
  • Rotten tomato
    68%
  • Original title
    La Meilleure Part
  • Original language
    fr
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

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...

  1. Yves Allégret

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Claude Nicole

    Editor



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  1. Gérard Philipe

    Philippe Perrin

  2. Michèle Cordoue

    Micheline

  3. Georges Chamarat

    Lemoigne

  4. Umberto Spadaro

    Gino

  5. Valeria Moriconi

    Odette

  6. Olivier Hussenot

    Colombin

  7. Alberto Bonucci

    Antoine

  8. Jean Lefebvre

    Raymond

  9. Jean-Jacques Lécot

    Pasquier

  10. Michel François

    Doctor Molinier

  11. Robert Bazil

  12. Jess Hahn

    Karl

  13. Mohamed Ziani

    Ali

  14. Augusto Mingione

    Pietro

  15. Marcel Bozzuffi

  16. Georges Hubert

  17. Louis Velle

    The new chief engineer

  18. Jacques Moulières

    Luigi

  19. Giacomo Furia

    The canteen manager

  20. Lina Furia

    The canteen manager

  21. Gino Marturano

  22. Gabriel Gobin

    A card player

  23. Charles Denner

    An assistant engineer

  24. Pierre Massiot

  25. Émile Genevois

    Worker

  26. Gérard Oury

    Gérard Bailly

  27. Paola Borboni

    (uncredited)

  28. Raymond Brun

    (uncredited)

  29. Olivier Darrieux

    A Man at the Wedding (uncredited)

  30. Georges Galley

    (uncredited)

  31. Gérard Hernandez

    The worker who replaces the storekeeper

  32. Jacques Morlaine

    (uncredited)

  33. Madame Pâquerette

    The owner of the center bistro (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 33 , Crews : 13

Keyword

The Best Part (1955) 90 Min

ALL 12/30/1955 (fr)
Drama
  • Release 12/30/1955
  • Production
    Silver Films, Noria Film, Le Trident
  • Original title La Meilleure Part
  • fr
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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...

  1. Yves Allégret

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Claude Nicole

    Editor

  4. Tonino Cervi, Robert Dorfmann, Christian-Falaize, Nino Constantini

    Producer