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-Edith Piaf personally - and persistently - lobbied Marcel Carné to choose her then-lover Yves Montand for the role of Jean Diego.
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-The roles of Jean Diego and Malou were originally to be played by then-lovers Jean Gabin and Marlene Dietrich, who had recently returned to France after the end of the war. Dietrich pulled out of the project at the last minute, however, and Gabin followed her.
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With the rest of the cast already selected and production scheduled to begin soon, Carné and Prévert had to choose an unknown actor for the role of Jean Diego, a singer/performer who had recently had some success in the French Music Halls - Yves Montand.
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(Mais il n'y a pas de problème avec Montand,ni avec Reggiani,ni avec Saturnin Fabre...)Pour moi il y a un problème avec les personnages secondaires qui prennent une trop grande part aux dialogues.(le gamin,toute la scène dans l'escalier,les voix chantées...j'ai surtout apprécié la photo,le voyage dans le temps,les détails...ET Saturnin Fabre
