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The Lovers of Lisbon (French: Les amants du Tage) is a 1955 French drama film directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Daniel Gélin, Françoise Arnoul, Trevor Howard and Betty Stockfeld. Two French exiles in Lisbon fall in love after each has murdered their respective spouse. It was based on a novel by Joseph Kessel.[1]

The Lovers of Lisbon (Les amants du Tage)
Directed by	Henri Verneuil
Written by	Joseph Kessel (novel) Jacques Companéez Marcel Rivet
Produced by	Jacques Gauthier Walter Rupp Ray Ventura
Starring	Daniel Gélin Françoise Arnoul Trevor Howard
Cinematography	Roger Hubert
Edited by	Christian Gaudin
Music by	Lucien Legrand
Production companies	ECC Fidès Hoche Productions
Distributed by	Les Films Corona
Release date	8 February 1955
Running time	123 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne.

The soundtrack included the Portuguese singer Amália Rodrigues singing "Solidão" which is the initial version of what is popular as "Canção do Mar", a song written by Frederico de Brito and Ferrer Trindade.

Cast

• Daniel Gélin as Pierre Roubier
• Françoise Arnoul as Kathleen Dinver
• Trevor Howard as Inspector Lewis
• Marcel Dalio as Porfirio
• Amália Rodrigues as Amália
• Jacques Moulières as Manuel
• Ginette Leclerc as Maria
• Georges Chamarat as L'avocat
• Betty Stockfeld as Maisie

References

External links

• The Lovers of Lisbon at IMDb
• Les Amants du Tage on Films De France

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