Darling Caroline (1951 film)

Darling Caroline
Directed by	Richard Pottier
Written by	Jean Anouilh Michel Audiard
Based on	Darling Caroline by Jacques Laurent
Produced by	François Chavane Alain Poiré
Starring	Martine Carol Jacques Dacqmine Marie Déa
Cinematography	Maurice Barry
Edited by	Jean Feyte
Music by	Georges Auric
Production companies	Cinéphonic Gaumont
Distributed by	Gaumont-Eagle Lion
Release date	23 February 1951 (1951-02-23)
Running time	141 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Darling Caroline (French: Caroline Chérie) is a 1951 French historical comedy film in black and white, directed by Richard Pottier and starring Martine Carol, Jacques Dacqmine, and Marie Déa.^[1] It is based on Jacques Laurent's historical novel "The loves of Caroline Cherie: A novel". It was remade as Darling Caroline in 1968.

It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Krauss. It was followed by two sequels A Caprice of Darling Caroline (1953) and Caroline and the Rebels (1955). While Carol reprised her role for the first film, the second starred Brigitte Bardot playing a different character.

During her birthday in France, July 1782, the beautiful young Marchioness Caroline meets the attractive soldier Gaston. It is love at first sight, but Gaston does not wish to make a commitment because a military career waits for him. Caroline marries then a politician but the French Revolution bursts and Caroline has to run away to escape the guillotine. By running away, she meets Gaston again who decides to help her.

• List of historical drama films
• List of French films of 1951
• List of epic films

• Geoffrey Nowell-Smith. The Oxford History of World Cinema. Oxford University Press, 1996.

• Darling Caroline at IMDb

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