The Call of Destiny (1953 film)
The Call of Destiny is a 1953 French comedy drama film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Jean Marais, Jacqueline Porel and Édouard Delmont.
Plot
While on tour, a conducting prodigy encounters his father for the first time. A formerly brilliant pianist he has declined into alcoholism and abandoned the family.Cast
- Jean Marais as Lorenzo Lombardi
- Jacqueline Porel as Lucienne Lombardi
- Roberto Benzi as Roberto Lombardi
- Édouard Delmont as M. Galibert
- Georgette Anys as La grosse Lolo
- Renée Devillers as Germaine Obrecht
- Charles Dechamps as Monsieur Roze
- Fernand Sardou as Dottore Aldo Guarneri
- Germaine Pape as Mme Torquato
- Fernand Rauzéna as M. Torquato
- Jean Lanier as Crespi, l'ami
- Marcel Lebas as Le facteur
- Philippe Richard as Le directeur
- Julien Verdier as Dupont, le musicien
- Léon Walther as Count Amadeo, le critique