Céleste is a 1980 West German film by Percy Adlon about the life of the French writer Marcel Proust as he lay in his bed from 1912 to 1922; the story is told through the eyes of his real life maid, Céleste Albaret. She waited decades before writing her own book about the experience[2] which was adapted for the screen by Percy Adlon.
| Céleste | |
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| Directed by | Percy Adlon |
| Written by | Percy Adlon |
| Based on | Céleste Albaret's memoir Monsieur Proust[1] |
| Produced by | Eleonore Adlon |
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| Cinematography | Jürgen Martin |
| Edited by | Clara Fabry |
| Music by | César Franck, played by the Bartholdy Quartet |
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| Distributed by | Filmverlag der Autoren |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
Andrew Sarris called the film "one of the most profound tributes one art form has ever paid to another."[3]
Cast
edit- Eva Mattes as Céleste Albaret
- Jürgen Arndt as Monsieur Proust
- Norbert Wartha as Odilon Albaret
- Wolf Euba as Robert Proust
References
edit- ^ Monsieur Proust: souvenirs; recueillis par Georges Belmont. Paris: Robert Laffont, 1973
- ^ Emmanuelle Giuliani, "Céleste Albaret, la muse de Proust", La Croix, 26 July 2007
- ^ Andrew Sarris, "Footnotes on Proust, Grace, Reed, and Connors Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine", The Village Voice, vol. 27, no. 51, September 28, 1982
External links
edit- Céleste at IMDb
- Céleste at filmportal.de
- Céleste Archived 2011-05-26 at the Wayback Machine at percyadlon.com
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