L'appel du destin
Young conductor Roberto Lombardini has never known his father who is actually a former musician, a failed piano player who has sunk into alcoholism.
Jacques Viot
Writer
Georges Lacombe
Director
Casts & Crew
Jean Marais
Lorenzo Lombardi
Jacqueline Porel
Lucienne Lombardi
Roberto Benzi
Roberto Lombardi
Édouard Delmont
M. Galibert
Charles Dechamps
Monsieur Roze
Georgette Anys
La grosse Lolo
Germaine Pape
Mme Torquato
Jean Lanier
Crespi, l'ami
Marcel Lebas
Le facteur
Fernand Rauzéna
M. Torquato
Philippe Richard
Le directeur
Julien Verdier
Dupont, le musicien
Léon Walther
Count Amadeo, le critique
Renée Devillers
Germaine Obrecht
René Brun
(uncredited)
Dominique Marcas
(uncredited)
Jackie Sardou
(uncredited)
Also Directed by Georges Lacombe
In 1928, Georges Lacombe, then assistant to René Clair, filmed the ragpickers who lived in the "zone". As his camera was stationary, he took particular care over the framing and he offers the viewer a document that is imbued with both realism and poetry. We even see the once-famous cancan dancer "La Goulue", sunk into poverty at the end of her life. - MHEU
After an accident, Raymond has gone blind. His family treats him like a child, but fortunately a nun comes to his rescue. She works in a center where blind people learn to read using the Braille alphabet.
