School for Love | |
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Directed by | Marc Allégret |
Produced by | Régie du Film Del Duca Films |
Written by |
Marc Allégret Roger Vadim |
Based on | novel by Vicki Baum |
Starring |
Jean Marais Brigitte Bardot |
Music by | Jean Wiener |
Release date
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26 April 1955 (France); 28 January (West Germany) 1960 (USA) |
Running time
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96 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Box office | $7.1 million |
School for Love (Futures Vendettes) is a French drama film from 1955, directed by Marc Allégret, written by Marc Allégret, starring Brigitte Bardot and Jean Marais. The scenario was based on a novel of Vicki Baum.
The film was known under the title "Joy of Living" or "School for Love" (USA), "Sweet Sixteen" (UK), "Reif auf jungen Blüten" (West Germany).
Tenor Eric Walter is a teacher at a conservatory of Vienna. He is separated from his wife, opera singer Marie. He begins seeing one of the students, Sophie. Another student, Elisa, becomes jealous at this.
It was filmed in locations: Franstudio, Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne.
The film performed poorly at the French box office. It had admissions in France of only 949,416.