Eyes of Love (1959 film)

1959 film

Jacques Antoine (novel)
Michel Audiard
Roland Laudenbach
Denys de La Patellière

Produced by

Jacques Bernard-Levy
Louis Bernard-Levy
Bertrand Javal

Starring

Danielle Darrieux
Jean-Claude Brialy
Françoise Rosay

CinematographyPierre PetitEdited byGeorges AlépéeMusic byMaurice Thiriet

Production
companies

Boréal Films
Les Films Pomereu
Serena Film

Distributed byPathé Consortium Cinéma

Release date

25 November 1959 (1959-11-25)

Running time

100 minutesCountriesFrance
ItalyLanguageFrench

Eyes of Love (French: Les yeux de l'amour) is a 1959 French-Italian romantic drama film directed by Denys de La Patellière and starring Danielle Darrieux, Jean-Claude Brialy and Françoise Rosay.^[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul-Louis Boutié.

Synopsis

During the German occupation of World War II, an unmarried woman living with her domineering mother shelters a younger, blind man from the Germans and the two fall in love.

Cast

Danielle Darrieux as Jeanne Moncatel
Jean-Claude Brialy as Pierre Ségur
Françoise Rosay a Mme Moncatel
Bernard Blier as Le docteur Andrieux
André Reybaz as Le curé
Eva Damien as Denise
Louis Seigner as Le chirurgien
Marie Mergey as La concierge
Dominique Zardi as Un badaud à la gare
Suzanne Nivette
Pierre Vernier
Nicole Desailly
Gisèle Grimm

References

^ The A to Z of French Cinema p.382

Bibliography

Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

Eyes of Love at IMDb

Films directed by Denys de La Patellière

The Aristocrats (1955)
The Wages of Sin (1956)
The Ostrich Has Two Eggs (1957)
Retour de manivelle (1957)
The Possessors (1958)
Rue des prairies (1959)
Eyes of Love (1959)
Taxi for Tobruk (1961)
Emile's Boat (1962)
Destination Home (1963)
Why Paris? (1964)
Marco the Magnificent (1964)
God's Thunder (1965)
The Upper Hand (1966)
Father's Trip (1966)
Black Sun (1966)
Darling Caroline (1968)
Le tatoué (1968)
Death of a Jew (1969)
Killer (1972)
Forbidden Priests (1973)
Histoires de voyous: Le casse des rois mages (1978)
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (1979)
Le paria (1985)
Bonjour maître (1987)
Paparoff se dédouble (1990)
L'affaire Salengro (1992)
Diamond Swords (1992)

v t e Films by Michel Audiard
Written and directed	Leontine (1968) A Golden Widow (1969) Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause ! (1970) How to Do Well When You're a Jerk and a Crybaby (1974)
Written only	Mission in Tangier (1949) Beware of Blondes (1950) Darling Caroline (1951) Mr. Peek-a-Boo (1951) My Wife Is Formidable (1951) The Man in My Life (1952) Massacre in Lace (1952) She and Me (1952) The Long Teeth (1953) The Most Wanted Man (1953) The Three Musketeers (1953) April Fools' Day (1954) The Cheerful Squadron (1954) Love in a Hot Climate (1954) Quay of Blondes (1954) Gas-Oil (1955) Blood to the Head (1956) Mannequins of Paris (1956) Short Head (1956) Fugitive in Saigon (1957) Retour de manivelle (1957) Speaking of Murder (1957) Three Days to Live (1957) Le désordre et la nuit (1958) Maigret Sets a Trap (1958) Les Misérables (1958) The Possessors (1958) Archimède le clochard (1959) Babette Goes to War (1959) Eyes of Love (1959) Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre (1959) Rue des prairies (1959) Too Late to Love (1959) The Baron of the Locks (1960) Love and the Frenchwoman (1960) The Old Guard (1960) The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961) Famous Love Affairs (1961) The Lions Are Loose (1961) The President (1961) Taxi for Tobruk (1961) The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962) Emile's Boat (1962) The Gentleman from Epsom (1962) A Monkey in Winter (1962) Any Number Can Win (1963) Carom Shots (1963) Les Tontons flingueurs (1963) The Trip to Biarritz (1963) La Chasse à l'homme (1964) The Great Spy Chase (1964) Greed in the Sun (1964) Salad by the Roots (1964) Une souris chez les hommes (1964) Les Bons Vivants (1965) Crime on a Summer Morning (1965) La Métamorphose des cloportes (1965) Tender Scoundrel (1966) All Mad About Him (1967) An Idiot in Paris (1967) Johnny Banco (1967) A Little Virtuous (1968) Pasha (1968) Under the Sign of the Bull (1969) Incorrigible (1975) Body of My Enemy (1976) The Big Operator (1976) Animal (1977) Death of a Corrupt Man (1977) Cop or Hood (1979) Les Égouts du paradis (1979) Le Guignolo (1980) Jupiter's Thigh (1980) Il lupo e l'agnello (1980) Garde à Vue (1981) The Professional (1981) Espion, lève-toi (1982) Deadly Circuit (1983) Le Marginal (1983) Dog Day (1984) Les Morfalous (1984) La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding (1985) He Died with His Eyes Open (1985)

Films by Michel Audiard

Written and directed

Leontine (1968)
A Golden Widow (1969)
Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause ! (1970)
How to Do Well When You're a Jerk and a Crybaby (1974)

Written only

Mission in Tangier (1949)
Beware of Blondes (1950)
Darling Caroline (1951)
Mr. Peek-a-Boo (1951)
My Wife Is Formidable (1951)
The Man in My Life (1952)
Massacre in Lace (1952)
She and Me (1952)
The Long Teeth (1953)
The Most Wanted Man (1953)
The Three Musketeers (1953)
April Fools' Day (1954)
The Cheerful Squadron (1954)
Love in a Hot Climate (1954)
Quay of Blondes (1954)
Gas-Oil (1955)
Blood to the Head (1956)
Mannequins of Paris (1956)
Short Head (1956)
Fugitive in Saigon (1957)
Retour de manivelle (1957)
Speaking of Murder (1957)
Three Days to Live (1957)
Le désordre et la nuit (1958)
Maigret Sets a Trap (1958)
Les Misérables (1958)
The Possessors (1958)
Archimède le clochard (1959)
Babette Goes to War (1959)
Eyes of Love (1959)
Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre (1959)
Rue des prairies (1959)
Too Late to Love (1959)
The Baron of the Locks (1960)
Love and the Frenchwoman (1960)
The Old Guard (1960)
The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961)
Famous Love Affairs (1961)
The Lions Are Loose (1961)
The President (1961)
Taxi for Tobruk (1961)
The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962)
Emile's Boat (1962)
The Gentleman from Epsom (1962)
A Monkey in Winter (1962)
Any Number Can Win (1963)
Carom Shots (1963)
Les Tontons flingueurs (1963)
The Trip to Biarritz (1963)
La Chasse à l'homme (1964)
The Great Spy Chase (1964)
Greed in the Sun (1964)
Salad by the Roots (1964)
Une souris chez les hommes (1964)
Les Bons Vivants (1965)
Crime on a Summer Morning (1965)
La Métamorphose des cloportes (1965)
Tender Scoundrel (1966)
All Mad About Him (1967)
An Idiot in Paris (1967)
Johnny Banco (1967)
A Little Virtuous (1968)
Pasha (1968)
Under the Sign of the Bull (1969)
Incorrigible (1975)
Body of My Enemy (1976)
The Big Operator (1976)
Animal (1977)
Death of a Corrupt Man (1977)
Cop or Hood (1979)
Les Égouts du paradis (1979)
Le Guignolo (1980)
Jupiter's Thigh (1980)
Il lupo e l'agnello (1980)
Garde à Vue (1981)
The Professional (1981)
Espion, lève-toi (1982)
Deadly Circuit (1983)
Le Marginal (1983)
Dog Day (1984)
Les Morfalous (1984)
La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding (1985)
He Died with His Eyes Open (1985)

v t e Roland Laudenbach
Films written	The Voyage to America (1951) The Moment of Truth (1952) Good Lord Without Confession (1953) Napoleon Road (1953) Voice of Silence (1953) The Count of Bragelonne (1954) Obsession (1954) The Unfrocked One (1954) Les mauvaises rencontres (1955) The Wages of Sin (1956) Le insaziabili (1958) One Life (1958) And Your Sister? (1958) Thérèse Étienne (1958) Eyes of Love (1959) Lovers on a Tightrope (1960) Sentimental Education (1962)
Company	Éditions de la Table ronde

Roland Laudenbach

Films written