Céleste_(1980_film)

<i>Céleste</i> (1980 film)

Céleste (1980 film)

1980 film

Céleste is a 1980 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.

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Andrew Sarris called the film "one of the most profound tributes one art form has ever paid to another."[3]

Cast

  • Eva Mattes as Céleste Albaret
  • Jürgen Arndt as Monsieur Proust
  • Norbert Wartha as Odilon Albaret
  • Wolf Euba as Robert Proust

References

  1. [1]
    Monsieur Proust: souvenirs; recueillis par Georges Belmont. Paris: Robert Laffont, 1973
  2. [2]
    Emmanuelle Giuliani, "Céleste Albaret, la muse de Proust", La Croix, 26 July 2007
  3. [3]
    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


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