The Best Part (1955)
1h 30m
Running Time
December 30, 1955Release Date
Plot.
Philippe Perrin, a young engineer passionate about his work, leads the construction of a huge dam in the High Alps. Like all the men who work on the building site, he gives the best part of himself. Unfortunately, his health deteriorates but he refuses to follow the doctor's orders as well as the advice of Micheline, a young nurse who has fallen in love with him. However, driven by the evolution of his illness, Philippe finally makes up his mind to go down to the valley for a treatment. On the very day of his departure though, a young Arab worker gets killed in a rock crusher.
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Cast & Crew.
Gérard Philipe
Philippe Perrin - l'ingénieur en chef
Michèle Cordoue
Micheline - l'infirmière du chantier
Umberto Spadaro
Gino - un ouvrier piémontais
Georges Chamarat
Lemoigne, le chef d'équipe
Valeria Moriconi
Odette
Yves Allégret
Director
Olivier Hussenot
Colombin
Jacques Sigurd
Writer
Alberto Bonucci
Antoine
Philippe St-Gil
Writer
Jean Lefebvre
Raymond
Tonino Cervi
Producer
Jean-Jacques Lécot
Pasquier
Christian-Falaize
Producer
Michel François
Doctor Molinier
Nino Constantini
Producer
Jess Hahn
Karl
Mohamed Ziani
Ali
Augusto Mingione
Pietro
Louis Velle
The new chief engineer
Jacques Moulières
Luigi
Giacomo Furia
The canteen manager
Lina Furia
The canteen manager
Gabriel Gobin
A card player
Charles Denner
An assistant engineer
Émile Genevois
Worker
Gérard Oury
Gérard Bailly
Paola Borboni
(uncredited)
Raymond Brun
(uncredited)
Olivier Darrieux
A Man at the Wedding (uncredited)
Georges Galley
(uncredited)
Gérard Hernandez
The worker who replaces the storekeeper
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 30, 1955
Original NameLa Meilleure Part
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 30m
Genres
Wiki.
The Best Part (French: La Meilleure Part) is a 1956 French-Italian drama film directed by Yves Allégret and starring Gérard Philipe.
It had admissions in France of 1,976,595.