Love and Desire
Le Désir et l'Amour
A French crew is working on location in Spain. But when they want to film a scene in which Gérardn the male star is supposed to be swimming across a river, the matinée idol proves water-shy and the director decides to double him. The one that replaces him is Antonio, a local fisherman. The latter does the job so well that he is chosen as a stunts man for the whole film. This does not please Lola,his fiancée; all the more as Antonio has fallen in love with Martine, the female star.
Carmen Sevilla
Lola, Antonio's fiancée
António Vilar
Antonio, a Spanish fisherman
Martine Carol
Martine, the star
Albert Préjean
Titi, the French general manager
Françoise Arnoul
Françoise, the script girl
Gérard Landry
Gérard, the young first
Parisys
Adèle, the dresser
Rafael Cortés
The 2nd fisherman
Joaquín Roa
Miguel, the Spanish stage manager
Ena Sedeño
Lola's friend
José María Rodríguez
The 1st fisherman
Tony Hernández
Manolo
Matilde López Roldán
Lola's other friend
Paul Bisciglia
André Chanu
The announcer
Fabien Collin
Self, the assistant director (uncredited)
Antonio Florido
Self, the makeup artist (uncredited)
Henri Decoin
Self, the director (uncredited)
GenreDrama
Original TitleLe Désir et l'Amour
LanguagesFrench
Production CompaniesSociété Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.), Lais S.A.
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