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Stavisky

Stavisky was a French film directed by Alain Resnais (Lat Yer At Marienbad), starring Jean Paul Belmondo and Charles Boyer. So how did Messr. Sondheim get invited to this Gallic party? Well, as it turns out Resnais was a big fan of Sondheim, having seen Follies on Broadway. So, when Sondheim was in Cannes for the showing of "The Last of Sheila", he got a call from Resnais to score the film.

Interesting aside: On the set, Resnais would play the cast album of A Little Night Music to set the mood for the actors.)

Sondheim scored the movie in New York, working at his piano with a video. Ultimately, only about half of what he wrote was used in the film.

- Bruce Kimmel


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Film Information:  

Also known as .... L' Empire d'Alixandre
Released .................. May 15, 1974
Directed ................. Alain Resnais
Written .................. Jorge Semprun
Cinematography ............ Sacha Vierny
Music ................. Stephen Sondheim
Production Design ..... Jacques Saulnier
Costume Design ....... Jacqueline Moreau
Film Editing .......... Albert Jurgenson
Produced ............. Georges Dancigers
................... Alexandre Mnouchkine



Film Cast:    

Serge Stavisky ...... Jean-Paul Belmondo
Albert Borelli ......... Frangois Pirier
Arlette ................... Anny Duperey
Dr. Mezy ............... Michel Lonsdale
Montalvo ............... Roberto Bisacco
Inspecteur Bonny ........... Claude Rich 
Baron Raoul .............. Charles Boyer
Maitre Grammont ......... Pierre Vernier
Inspecteur Gardet ............ Van Doude
Michel Grandville ....  Jacques Spiesser
Le Maitre-Chanteur ......  Michel Beaune
Gauthier ............ Maurice Jacquemont
Erna Wolfgang ..........  Silvia Badesco
Viricourt ................ Jacques Eyser
President  ........... Daniel Lecourtois
Edith Boreal ............... Nike Arrigh
Le jeune Inventeur .... Girard Depardieu
Inspecteur Fichier ... Samson Fainsilber
Gaston Henriet ........... Gigi Ballista
Laloy .................. Guido Cerniglia
M de la Salle .......... Yves Brainville
Diputi ................. Gabriel Gattand
Houriaux .................. Jean Michaud
Employi au Cimetihre ..... Roland Bertin
Rudolph .................. Neil Arestrud
La Belle Inconnue ........ Imelda Marani
Infirmiere ............ Lucienne Legrand
Receveur .................. Guy Piirauld
Trotski .................... Yves Peneau
Sedov ................. Dominique Rollin
Inspecteur Boussaud .... Marcel Cuvelier
Van Staaten ................. Nike Guiot
Andri Malraux ....... Frangois Leterrier
Huissier .................... Paul Villi



Songs:    

 1. Theme from Stavisky 
 2. Salon at the Claridge #1 
 3. Arlette by Day 
 4. Auto Show 
 5. Easy Life 
 6. Secret of Night 
 7. Erna 
 8. Distant Past 
 9. Arlette by Night 
10. Airport at Biarritz 
11. Trotsky at Saint-Palais 
12. Montalvo at Biarritz 
13. Operetta 
14. Arlette and Stavisky 
15. Recent Past 
16. Salon at the Claridge #2 
17. Suite at the Claridge 
18. Old House 
19. Goodbye Arlette 
20. Hideout at Chamonix 
21. Erna Remembered 
22. The Future 
23. Women and Death 
24. Theme from Stavisky



Recordings:

 1. Sondheim at the Movies, 1997
    (Varese Sarabande, VSD-5805)    




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