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Camille is a 1936 American film directed by George Cukor, based on The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas fils, starring Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, and Henry Daniell. It was written by Zoë Akins, Frances Marion, James Hilton, and Carey Wilson, and produced by Bernard H. Hyman and Irving Thalberg for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Its main subject is prostitution, with cinematography by William H. Daniels and Karl Freund, editing by Margaret Booth, a score by Herbert Stothart, production design by Cedric Gibbons, and costumes by Adrian. It was filmed in black-and-white.
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Netflix, the film ran 109 minutes and was rated Approved. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and received 6 wins and 1 nomination in total.
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7.0Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gambling dens and lavish soirees, men of means exert their wills and women turned courtesans exult in pleasure. One such woman is Marguerite Gautier, who begins a sumptuous romance with Armand Duval.
Cast
- Greta Garbo as Marguerite Gautier
- Robert Taylor as Armand Duval
- Lionel Barrymore as Monsieur Duval
- Elizabeth Allan as Nichette
- Jessie Ralph as Nanine
- Henry Daniell as Baron de Varville
Themes
- paris, france
- courtesan
- terminal illness
- death
- illness
- tuberculosis
- star crossed lovers
- camelia
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
9,273 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
- Year
- 1936
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 6 wins & 1 nomination total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- George Cukor
- Written by
- James Hilton , Zoë Akins , Frances Marion
- Based on
- La Dame aux Camélias , 1852 novel, by Alexandre Dumas, fils
- Produced by
- Irving Thalberg , Bernard H. Hyman
- Starring
- Greta Garbo , Robert Taylor , Lionel Barrymore
- Cinematography
- William H. Daniels , Karl Freund
- Edited by
- Margaret Booth
- Music by
- Herbert Stothart , Edward Ward
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Distributed by
- Loew's Inc.
- Release date
- December 12, 1936 ( 1936-12-12 )
- Running time
- 109 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $1,486,000
- Box office
- $2,842,000
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Lady of the Camellias
- Main subject
- prostitution
- Director
- George Cukor
- Screenwriter
- Carey Wilson
- Composer
- Herbert Stothart
- Production company
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Karl Freund
- Duration
- 108
- FilmAffinity ID
- 600943
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Garbo and Taylor in Camille.jpg
Show 12 more facts
- publication date
- 1936-12-12
- film editor
- Margaret Booth
- title
- Camille
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- Commons category
- Camille (1936 film)
- production designer
- Cedric Gibbons
- after a work by
- Alexandre Dumas fils
- costume designer
- Adrian
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 89%
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Encyclopedic overview
Greta Garbo and Robert Taylor Camille is a 1936 American romantic tragedy film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer directed by George Cukor, and produced by Irving Thalberg and Bernard H. Hyman, from a screenplay by James Hilton, Zoë Akins, and Frances Marion. The picture is based on the 1848 novel and 1852 play La dame aux camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils. The film stars Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Jessie Ralph, Henry Daniell, and Laura Hope Crews. It grossed $2,842,000.
Camille was included in Time magazine's "All-Time 100 Movies" in 2005. It was also included at #33 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions. Garbo received her third Best Actress nomination for Camille at the 10th Academy Awards in 1938.
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