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The Crab Basket

9.0 86 mins Drama   Romance   1960
Lisbon Films  
Director(s): Joseph Lisbona

Release Date: 20 Fri, May 1960

Charles is a student in Strasbourg. Abandoned by Liliane, his fiancée, who has inexplicably given up on marriage, he moves to Paris, where he decides to pursue a career in cinema. He founded a film club and became a journalist, then assistant to a famous director. Little by little, he came face to face with the various compromises inherent in this professional milieu. After writing a screenplay about his experiences, he enlists the help of Chantal, a young actress, to bring his film project to fruition.

Casts of The Crab Basket

Pierre Michaël

as Charles Dupré

Anne Doat

as Chantal

Anne Tonietti

as Chantal

Michel Bardinet

as Jacques

Paul Frankeur

as Clavier

Henri Vilbert

as Dorel

Louis Seigner

as Jordan

Louis Arbessier

as The professor

Jacques Morel

as The producer

Denise Grey

as The impresario

Maurice Sarfati

as Henri

René Havard

as The first assistant

André Chanu

as The animator

Michel Etcheverry

as Bertrand

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