Behold Beatrice or Beatrice's Temptation (French: Béatrice devant le désir) is a 1944 French drama film directed by Jean de Marguenat and starring Fernand Ledoux, Jules Berry and Renée Faure.[1] It features an early performance by the future star Simone Signoret.[2]

Behold Beatrice
Directed by	Jean de Marguenat
Written by	Pierre Frondaie (novel) Jean de Marguenat Charles de Peyret-Chappuis
Produced by	Georges Maurer Jacques Sicre
Starring	Fernand Ledoux Jules Berry Renée Faure
Cinematography	Fred Langenfeld
Edited by	Raymond Louveau
Music by	Mario Cazes André Sablon Georges Van Parys
Production company	Société Cinématographique Méditerranéenne de Production
Distributed by	Union Française de Production Cinématographique
Release date	8 March 1944
Running time	97 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

It was shot at the Victorine Studios in the southern French city of Nice. The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch.

Cast

• Fernand Ledoux as Le docteur Mauléon
• Jules Berry as Richelière
• Renée Faure as Béatrice
• Gérard Landry as José
• Thérèse Dorny as Tante Hermance
• Jacques Berthier as Jacques Richelière
• Marie Carlot as Paula
• Jean Barrère
• Henry Bonvallet as Le docteur Lemonsquier
• Mario Cazes as Le violoniste
• Georges Gosset
• Lucy Lancy as Gaby
• Liliane Lonville
• Emma Lyonel as Madame Dourthe
• Jean-Jacques Lécot
• Marfisa as La chanteuse
• Marguerite Mayanne as Madame de Saint-Savin
• Marcelle Naudia as La baronne
• Suzy Pierson as Madame de Wallée
• Robert Pizani as Alfred
• Jacques Sablon
• Maud Saintange
• Simone Signoret as Liliane Moraccini
• Georges Térof as Machonneau

References

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• Hayward, Susan. Simone Signoret: The Star as Cultural Sign. A&C Black, 2004.

External links

• Behold Beatrice at IMDb

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