School for Love

School for Love (Futures vedettes) is a 1955 French drama film directed by Marc Allégret, written by Marc Allégret, and starring Brigitte Bardot and Jean Marais. The screenplay, based on a novel by Vicki Baum was adapted for the screen by Allégret.^[4]

School for Love
Directed by	Marc Allégret
Written by	Marc Allégret Roger Vadim
Based on	Eingang zur Bühne (The Entrance to the Stage) 1920 novel by Vicki Baum[1]
Produced by	Gilbert Cohen-Seat
Starring	Jean Marais Brigitte Bardot
Cinematography	Robert Juillard
Edited by	Suzanne de Troeye
Music by	Jean Wiener
Production companies	Régie du Film Del Duca Films
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	26 April 1955 (1955-04-26) (France)[2]
Running time	96 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	$7.1 million[3]

The film was released under different titles in various countries: Joy of Living or School for Love in the U.S., Sweet Sixteen in the U.K. and Reif auf junge Blüten in West Germany.

Plot

Tenor Eric Walter, a teacher at a Vienna conservatory, is separated from his wife, opera singer Marie. When he starts a romantic relationship with one of his students, Sophie, another student named Elisa becomes jealous, leading to a complex web of emotions and conflicts.

Cast

• Jean Marais as Éric Walter
• Brigitte Bardot as Sophie
• Isabelle Pia as Élis (Élisa)
• Yves Robert as Clément
• Denise Noël as Marie Koukowska-Walter
• Mischa Auer (crédité Misha Auer) as Berger
• Lila Kedrova as la mère de Sophie
• Edmond Beauchamp as le père d’Élis
• Yvette Etiévant as la mère d’Élis
• Georges Reich as Dick
• Anne Colette as Marion
• Odile Rodin as Erika
• Mylène Demongeot as The vocalist

Reception

The film performed poorly at the French box office,^[3] with only 949,416 admissions.^[5]