La Vérité sur Bébé Donge

La Vérité sur Bébé Donge (aka The Truth About Bebe Donge or UK title: The Truth of Our Marriage) is a 1952 French drama thriller film directed by Henri Decoin and starring Danielle Darrieux and Jean Gabin. The plot is essentially the analysis of a couple's marriage that has broken down; the film is based on the novel by Georges Simenon.

La vérité sur Bébé Donge
Directed by	Henri Decoin (as Henry Decoin)
Written by	Maurice Aubergé (adaptation) Maurice Aubergé (dialogue)
Screenplay by	Maurice Aubergé
Based on	Georges Simenon (novel)
Starring	Danielle Darrieux Jean Gabin
Cinematography	Léonce-Henri Burel (as L.H. Burel)
Edited by	Annick Millet (as A. Millet)
Music by	Jean-Jacques Grünenwald (as J.J. Grunenwald)
Color process	Black and white
Production company	Union Générale Cinématographique
Distributed by	L'Alliance Générale de Distribution Cinématographique
Release date	13 February 1952 (1952-02-13)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	1,249,698 admissions (France)[1]

Plot

A wealthy industrialist François Donge is seriously ill in hospital, apparently suffering from food poisoning. He realises this his wife, Bébé, has poisoned him. Without recrimination, he looks back on their marriage and tries to understand why she should want to kill him...

Cast

• Danielle Darrieux as Elisabeth 'Bébé' Donge
• Jean Gabin as François Donge
• Jacques Castelot as Docteur Jalabert
• Daniel Lecourtois as Georges Donge
• Madeleine Lambert as Madame d'Onneville
• Juliette Faber as L'infirmière
• Jacqueline Porel as Françoise
• Gaby Bruyère as La fille dans le taxi (as Gaby Bruyere)
• Meg Lemonnier as La secrétaire
• Alinda Kristensen as Madame Flament
• Yvonne Claudie as Une joueuse de bridge
• Jean-Marc Tennberg as Le liftier (as J.M. Tennberg)
• Marcel André as Le juge d'instruction
• Claude Génia as Jeanne Donge
• Gabrielle Dorziat as Madame D'Ortemont

See also

• List of French films of 1952