DOUBLE BASS

Retrospective

Chechov’s tragicomical story about a double-bass player who on his way to the evening’s concert rests on a riverside. While swimming, he spots a beautiful woman fishing and falls in love head over heels with the stranger. While he secretly hangs a bunch of flowers onto her fishing rod, all his clothes which are lying on the riverbank, get stolen …
La contrebasse / Der Kontrabass
FRA 1962 / 27 min
Director: Maurice Fasquel
  • Screenplay: Maurice Fasquel
  • Cinematographer: Guy Tabary,Jean-Michel Boussaguet
  • Editor: J.-P. Rousseau
  • Music: Georges Delerue
  • Cast: Christian Marin,Nicole Gueden,Marius Laurey,Jean Viry,Jaqueline Pérez,Annie Parienti
  • Production Company: A.P.E.C. - Paris
Chechov’s tragicomical story about a double-bass player who on his way to the evening’s concert rests on a riverside. While swimming, he spots a beautiful woman fishing and falls in love head over heels with the stranger. While he secretly hangs a bunch of flowers onto her fishing rod, all his clothes which are lying on the riverbank, get stolen …
  • Screenplay: Maurice Fasquel
  • Cinematographer: Guy Tabary,Jean-Michel Boussaguet
  • Editor: J.-P. Rousseau
  • Music: Georges Delerue
  • Cast: Christian Marin,Nicole Gueden,Marius Laurey,Jean Viry,Jaqueline Pérez,Annie Parienti
  • Production Company: A.P.E.C. - Paris