Adam Is Eve (French: Adam est... Ève) is a 1954 French comedy film directed by René Gaveau and starring Michèle Carvel, Jean Carmet and Thérèse Dorny.[1] It is based on Francis Didelot's 1952 novel of the same name and was the first French film that covered sex change.[2]
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Directed by | René Gaveau |
Written by | René Gaveau |
Based on | Adam est Ève by Francis Didelot |
Produced by | Fernand Rivers Lucien Viard |
Starring | Michèle Carvel Jean Carmet Thérèse Dorny |
Cinematography | Georges Leclerc |
Edited by | Michelle David |
Music by | Jean Yatove |
Production companies | Les Films Fernand Rivers Orex Films |
Distributed by | Les Films Fernand Rivers |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Charles Beaumont is finishing his national service and is engaged to be married. After taking part in a boxing match he increasingly feels strange sensations and goes to consult a doctor. He is transformed into Charlotte, a young woman, and unwilling to tell his family or fiancée he disappears and earns a living dancing in a nude cabaret show.
- Michèle Carvel as Charles / Charlotte Beaumont
- Jean Carmet as Gaston
- Thérèse Dorny as Mme Beaumont
- Mireille Perrey as Mme Corinne
- Antoine Balpêtré as Dr. Charman
- Anouk Ferjac as Claire
- Antoinette Moya as Adeline Beaumont
- Robert Lombard as Alphonse
- Robert Rocca as Léon
- Gilbert Guiraud as Lucien
- René Blancard as M Beaumont
- Jean Tissier as M Lapopie
- Georges Bever as Le garçon
- Fransined as Le brigadier
- Claire Gérard as La concierge
- François Joux as La pâte brisée
- Michel Nastorg as Le maître d'hôtel
- André Numès Fils as Le commissaire
- René Berthier as Le portier
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