The read
Critics rate it 32 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Two women love the same man in a world of few prospects. In Budapest, Liliom is a "public figure," a rascal who's a carousel barker, loved by the experienced merry-go-round owner and by a young, innocent maid. The maid, Julie, loses her job after going out with Liliom; he's fired by his jealous employer for going out with Julie. The two lovers move in with Julie's aunt; unemployment emasculates him and a local weasel tempts him with crime. Julie, now wan, is true to Liliom even in his bad temper. Meanwhile, a stolid widower, a carpenter, wants to marry Julie. Is there any future on this earth for Julie and Liliom, whose love is passionate rather than ideal?
Ratings
Critics rate it 32 points higher than audiences do.
28 audience votes
Key crew
- Fritz LangDirector
- Ferenc MolnárWriter
- Bernard ZimmerWriter
- Jean LenoirOriginal Music Composer
- Franz WaxmanOriginal Music Composer
- Robert LiebmannWriter
- Fritz LangWriter
Cast
- Charles BoyerLiliom Zadowski
- Madeleine OzerayJulie Boulard
- Robert ArnouxLetourneur
- Roland ToutainThe drunken sailor
- Alexandre RignaultHollinger
- Henri RichardThe Commissioner
- Marcel BarenceyPurgatory Cop
- Raoul MarcoL'inspecteur - The Detective
- Antonin ArtaudLe rémouleur (The Knife Grinder)
- Léon ArvelL'employé du commissariat (Police station employee)
- Pierre AlcoverAlfred
- FlorelleMme. Moscat
