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Casque d'or (1952) was a Crime - Drama Film directed by Jacques Becker and produced by Raymond Hakim and Robert Hakim.

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The film failed miserably on its release in France. Across the English Channel, however, it was a hit, with Simone Signoret winning the BAFTA for Best Actress in a Foreign-Language Film and the movie itself being nominated for Best Film.
The original plotline for the film was about an executioner and a criminal, instead of the heartfelt romance that ultimately made up the plot.
Literary critics at the time were outraged by the fact that Jacques Becker chose to emphasize atmospherics at the expense of psychology. Nevertheless, Becker's approach had a profound effect on the young film-makers that would later go on to form the French New Wave, thereby changing French cinema forever.
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