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.
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Cast
34 people
Catherine Deneuve
Geneviève Emery
Known for
Dancer in the Dark
Repulsion
Nino Castelnuovo
Guy Foucher
Known for
The English Patient
That Malicious Age
Anne Vernon
Madame Emery
Known for
Il conte Max
General Della Rovere
Mireille Perrey
Tante Élise
Known for
The Earrings of Madame de...
Dr. Knock
Marc Michel
Roland Cassard
Known for
Le Trou
Bebo's Girl
Ellen Farner
Madeleine
Also in
Die Karte mit dem Luchskopf
Intercontinental-Express
Jean Champion
Aubin
Known for
Day for Night
Le Cercle Rouge
Jean-Pierre Dorat
Jean
Also in
Les Gens de Mogador
Franciscan of Bourges
Harald Wolff
Monsieur Dubourg
Known for
State of Siege
Pierre Caden
Bernard
Also in
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Cargo pour la réunion
Bernard Fradet
Gas Station Apprentice
Also in
The Young Girls of Rochefort
The Last Steps
Michel Benoist
Umbrella Buyer
Also in
The Cousins
L’espionne sera à Nouméa
Jacques Demy Director · Michel Legrand Composer Jean Rabier Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $7.6M · Budget $200K · United States release December 16, 1964
Box office
Budget
$200,000
Worldwide gross
$7,600,000
Gross vs. budget
38.0×
Production
Parc Film
Production
Madeleine Films
Production
Beta Film
Production
France · Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Sweden · February 3, 1964
Premiere · Stockholm French Film Festival
France · February 19, 1964
Theatrical
United States · December 16, 1964
Theatrical
China
February 19, 1964 · Premiere · Hainan Island International Film Festival
Czechia
September 4, 2025 · Theatrical
Denmark
February 19, 1964 · Limited theatrical
Estonia
August 6, 2025 · Premiere · tARTuff Tartu Love Film Festival
Finland
October 9, 1964 · Theatrical
March 12, 1989 · TV · TV3
October 24, 2025 · Limited theatrical · Re-release
France
May 11, 1964 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
January 7, 1999 · Physical · DVD
November 20, 2013 · Physical · Blu-Ray
May 22, 2017 · Digital · VOD
Germany
November 12, 1965 · Theatrical
Indonesia
August 19, 2026 · Limited theatrical
Ireland
February 19, 1964 · Theatrical
Japan
October 4, 1964 · Theatrical
Netherlands
November 3, 2008 · Physical · DVD
August 27, 2026 · Theatrical · re-release, retrospectief De films van Jacques Demy
Russia
May 23, 1966 · Theatrical
South Korea
July 22, 1965 · Theatrical
August 22, 2019 · Theatrical · Re-release
Sweden
April 27, 1964 · Theatrical
September 29, 2004 · Physical · DVD release
Ukraine
August 26, 2021 · Theatrical
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