Barry

1949
2h

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Sylvain and Angelina, two young people living in the Alps, love each other but they are separated when Sylvain thoughtlessly joins Napoléon Ier's army and takes part in all the Napoleonic ca... Read allSylvain and Angelina, two young people living in the Alps, love each other but they are separated when Sylvain thoughtlessly joins Napoléon Ier's army and takes part in all the Napoleonic campaigns until the fall of the emperor. As for Angelina who believes that her lover is dead... Read allSylvain and Angelina, two young people living in the Alps, love each other but they are separated when Sylvain thoughtlessly joins Napoléon Ier's army and takes part in all the Napoleonic campaigns until the fall of the emperor. As for Angelina who believes that her lover is dead, she marries Jean-Marie, a man she does not love, has a child and goes to America. Thirte... Read all

Directors
- Richard Pottier
- Karl Anton
Writers
Stars

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6.2/10

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Directors
- Richard Pottier
- Karl Anton
Writers
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Soundtracks
Auprès de ma Blonde
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Sung by the soldiers

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The day of the dog

There's a mistake in the plot summary:the heroine does not go to America!

Old fashioned melodrama ,which includes all the usual suspects :the young girl (Simone Valère)whose rich father hopes she will marry into money,being himself a wealthy bourgeois,her lover -who unfortunately is a poor lad-,the mean fiancé who has his rival join Napoleon's armies en route to Italy,and to top it all,the good soon-to-be-monk-cause-he -loves -the girl-too-but-he's-too-old for her (Fresnay)...and a rescue dog (no,sorry,two of them,Barry and Barry's son ,two big St Bernards). All the story takes place in the Alps .

First part is entertaining,but the movie becomes preachy in the last 40 minutes .Sometimes,we are not far from Fresnay's future "Défroqué" .A confused script does not help.Lovely score.

To whom it may concern:Richard Pottier directed "fanfare d'amour" which was remade by Wilder as " some like it hot" ,but his film is nowhere to be found in France.His best work is arguably "meurtres" which transcends melodrama -which "Barry does not- to become a genuine film noir.(see this title)