Directed by:
Jacques DemyScreenplay:
Jacques DemyCinematography:
Ghislain CloquetComposer:
Michel LegrandCast:
Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, Jacques Perrin, Micheline Presle, Delphine Seyrig, Sacha Pitoëff, Jean Servais, Patrick Préjean, Michel Mardore (more)Plots(1)
In this lovingly crafted, wildly eccentric adaptation of a classic French fairy tale, Jacques Demy casts Catherine Deneuve as a princess who must go into hiding as a scullery maid in order to fend off an unwanted marriage proposal - from her own father, the king (Jean Marais). A topsy-turvy riches-to-rags fable with songs by Michel Legrand, Donkey Skin creates a tactile fantasy world that’s perched on the border between the earnest and the satiric, and features Delphine Seyrig in a delicious supporting role as a fashionable fairy godmother. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
Catherine Deneuve
France
Best movies:
Persepolis (2007)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
Jean Marais
France
Best movies:
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The Count of Monte Cristo (1954)
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Jacques Perrin
France
Best movies:
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
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Micheline Presle
France
Best movies:
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (series)
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Delphine Seyrig
Lebanon
Best movies:
Sacha Pitoëff
Switzerland
Best movies:
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The Spies (1957)
The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)
Jean Servais
Belgium
Best movies:
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Patrick Préjean
France
Best movies:
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Michel Mardore
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Dorothée Blanck
German Empire
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Fernand Ledoux
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Bernard Musson
France
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Georges Adet
France
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Pierre Repp
France
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Henri Crémieux
France
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Paul Bonifas
France
Best movies:
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Geneviève Thénier
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Michel Delahaye
Algeria
Jean-Marie Bon
France
Best movies:
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The Sucker (1965)
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Gabriel Jabbour
Egypt
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