Lovers' Net

2h 3m 1955

Brief Synopsis

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He is a French taxi driver in Lisbon carrying the scars of a wife's infidelity that ended in tragedy when he found her with his lover upon returning from the war. She is a French woman in trouble with the law and she has a police inspector on her tail. They fall passionately in love, but because of his past he is not able to trust that she is not using him to escape the police. She must choose between escaping with him and remaining under a shroud of doubt or turn herself in to prove that she indeed loves him.

Cast & Crew

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Henri Verneuil

Director

Betty Stockfeld

Francoise Arnoul

Trevor Howard

Ginette Leclerc

Amalia Rodrigues

Film Details

Also Known As
Les Amants du Tage, Lovers of Lisbon, The, Port of Shame
Genre
Drama
Romance
Release Date
1955
Location
Lisbon, Portugal

Technical Specs

Duration
2h 3m
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White

Synopsis

A widower who killed his wife on account of her infidelity is set free and moves to Lisbon where he meets his counterpart--a widow responsible for the death of her British diplomat husband. Oddly, they fall in love, but it could be doomed as a relentless police investigator is on her tail.

Director

Henri Verneuil

Director

Cast

Betty Stockfeld

Francoise Arnoul

Trevor Howard

Ginette Leclerc

Amalia Rodrigues

Daniel Gelin

Jacques Moulieres

Marcel Dalio

Crew

Joseph Companeez

Screenplay

Jacques Gauthier

Producer

Roger Hubert

Director Of Photography

Joseph Kessel

Source Material (From Novel)

Monique Kirsanoff

Editor

Michel Legrand

Music

Marcel Rivet

Screenplay

Film Details

Also Known As
Les Amants du Tage, Lovers of Lisbon, The, Port of Shame
Genre
Drama
Romance
Release Date
1955
Location
Lisbon, Portugal

Technical Specs

Duration
2h 3m
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White

Quotes

Trivia

After cutting over 15% of the film's length, Portuguese censors passed the film in 1955, but conservative critics attacked it even so, for lacking production values and showing too much. Manuel Pina wrote: "The word 'love' should not be used relating to this film. Love is not sensuality. In this film, 'to love' means something else, that morality prevents us to speak about."

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in France June 1955

Released in United States 1957

b&w

dialogue French

subtitled

Released in United States 1957

Released in France June 1955

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