Montparnasse 19

Montparnasse 19
Theatrical poster
Directed byJacques Becker
Max Ophüls
(uncredited)
Screenplay byJacques Becker
Henri Jeanson
Based onThe Lovers of Montparnasse
by Michel-Georges Michel
Produced bySandro Pallavicini
StarringGérard Philipe
Lilli Palmer
Lino Ventura
Anouk Aimée
CinematographyChristian Matras
Edited byMarguerite Renoir
Music byPaul Misraki
Distributed byCocinor
Release date
  • 4 April 1958 (1958-04-04)
Running time
108 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
West Germany
LanguageFrench
Box office1,297,340 admissions (France)

Montparnasse 19 (French: Les Amants de Montparnasse, lit.'The Lovers of Montparnasse') is a 1958 French-Italian drama film directed and co-written by Jacques Becker, partially based on the last years of the life of Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, who worked and died in abject poverty in the Montparnasse area of Paris. Some of his most famous paintings done then were of his last two lovers, Beatrice Hastings and Jeanne Hébuterne.