Céleste
6.8
In 1914, with men gone to war, Marcel Proust hired Céleste Albaret as his attendant. More than eight years later, she was at his side when he died. During this entire time, she only entered his room when he rang for her, sleeping from 9 AM to 3 PM to wait during the night while he wrote. Marcel uses her as more than a servant: she is his muse, telling stories of her childhood to stir his remembrance of things past; she's in cahoots with him as he manipulates those he wants to draw on for his writing; she listens appalled to his descriptions of the underside of Paris. Hers is a life of love and sweet devotion as he races time to finish his work before death.
Cast
7 people
Eva Mattes
Celeste Albaret
Known for
Enemy at the Gates
Stroszek
Jürgen Arndt
Marcel Proust
Also in
The Cat Has Nine Lives
Bei Tag und Nacht
Norbert Wartha
Odilon Albaret
Also in
Der Fahnder
Everything's a Lie
Wolf Euba
Robert Proust
Also in
Pumuckl und der Blaue Klabauter
Leo Bardischewski
Also in
Das kleine Gespenst
Ludwig 1881
Rolf Illig
Known for
Land of Silence and Darkness
Horst Raspe
Also in
Robbi, Tobbi und das Fliewatüüt
Pettersson and Findus
Percy Adlon Director · Jürgen Martin Cinematographer Clara Fabry Editor
United States release October 6, 1982 · Produced in Germany · Production BR
Production
Pelemele Film
Production
BR
Production
Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Canada · September 18, 1981
Theatrical
Germany · April 23, 1982
Theatrical
United States · October 6, 1982
Theatrical
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