The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

A film for all the young lovers of the world.

This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery, an employee in her widowed mother's chic but financially embattled umbrella shop. On the evening before Guy is to leave for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria, he and Geneviève make love. She becomes pregnant and must choose between waiting for Guy's return or accepting an offer of marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant.

Drama Romance

Catherine Deneuve

(Geneviève Emery)

Nino Castelnuovo

(Guy)

Anne Vernon

(Madame Emery)

Mireille Perrey

(Tante Élise)

Marc Michel

(Roland Cassard)

Ellen Farner

(Madeleine)

Jean Champion

(Aubin)

Jean-Pierre Dorat

(Jean)

Harald Wolff

(Monsieur Dubourg)

Pierre Caden

(Bernard)

Bernard Fradet

(Gas Station Apprentice)

Michel Benoist

(Umbrella Buyer)

Philippe Dumat

(Garage Customer in 1957)

Dorothée Blanck

(Girl in Cafe)

Jane Carat

(Ginny)

Danielle Licari

(Geneviève Emery (singing voice))

José Bartel

(Guy Foucher (singing voice))

Christiane Legrand

(Madame Emery (singing voice))

Georges Blaness

(Roland Cassard (singing voice))

Claudine Meunier

(Madeleine (singing voice, as C. Meunier))

Claire Leclerc

(Tante Élise (singing voice))

Patrick Bricard

(Waiter (uncredited))

Jacques Camelinat

(Garage Customer in 1959 (uncredited))

François Charet

(Mechanic in 1959 (uncredited))

Jean-Pierre Chizat

(Pierre - Mechanic (uncredited))

Jacques Demy

(Le client égaré / Le serveur (singing voice))

Bernard Garnier

(Mechanic in 1959 (uncredited))

Gisèle Grandpré

(Madame Germaine (uncredited))

Hervé Legrand

(François Foucher (uncredited))

Michel Legrand

(Jean (singing voice) (uncredited))

Myriam Michelson

(Girl in Cafe (uncredited))

Paul Pavel

(First Removal Man (uncredited))

Roger Perrinoz

(Cafe Owner (uncredited))

Rosalie Varda

(Françoise Cassard (uncredited))