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La Symphonie fantastique
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The film is biographical, telling the story of the life and artistic struggles of the French composer Hector Berlioz. Berlioz is shown as a recalcitrant medical student in an anatomy class dreaming of becoming a composer; at a demonstration during a performance at the Paris Opéra conducted by Habeneck; at supper with other young artists (Hugo, Janin, Dumas, Mérimée, Delacroix); and chasing after his future wife Harriet Smithson, after a performance of Hamlet. Also depicted are his life in a garret, while suffering from an illness due to an abscess in the throat; a visit from his mother who curses him; and the composition of the Symphonie fantastique. The film then shows his marital breakdown, the premiere of his opera Benvenuto Cellini, his travels throughout Europe, his second marriage to Marie Recio (called "Marie Martin" in the film), public acceptance in old age and reconciliation with his son.
Cast
![Jean-Louis Barrault](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//i7ctsNqijuw4cOevV5jXYO9GrFt.jpg)
Jean-Louis Barrault
Hector Berlioz
![Renée Saint-Cyr](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//9UhrcGBLJssnezw2qQ15cqLO8dR.jpg)
Renée Saint-Cyr
Marie Martin
![Lise Delamare](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//sueKzDiOPWivZ7QtwhAVBbjFhwK.jpg)
Lise Delamare
Harriet Smithson
![Jules Berry](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//jNWdhjuaBE5CTHcEmaSu7LmmnRF.jpg)
Jules Berry
Schlesinger
![Bernard Blier](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//6xRHGb7CNDa83rcTzCp3LeIvU2s.jpg)
Bernard Blier
Antoine Charbonnel
![Gilbert Gil](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ndJkPBqSkTKz28QfjeMc4ZiiMz3.jpg)
Gilbert Gil
Louis Berlioz
![Julien Bertheau](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//3GLnOeieIz21pDnEz1dHPR4H58L.jpg)
Julien Bertheau
Victor Hugo (uncredited)
![Catherine Fonteney](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Catherine Fonteney
Madame Berlioz mother (uncredited)
![Louis Seigner](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//oP5LPh8jiTfduUtDScypi3O4mol.jpg)
Louis Seigner
Habeneck (uncredited)
![Noël Roquevert](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//fDKPvwIaOdF35khvifDxYUvnzsY.jpg)
Noël Roquevert
Gendarme (uncredited)
![Roland Armontel](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//4lgzeRWoUqGJeVZr8B7HeEeYhFj.jpg)
Roland Armontel
Eugène Delacroix (uncredited)
![Rivers Cadet](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//urjT4LyTAiO5NZbEWoxBKq9F5IV.jpg)
Rivers Cadet
Consumer (uncredited)
![Fabienne Clery](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Fabienne Clery
(uncredited)
![Jacques Cossin](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jacques Cossin
(uncredited)
![Lucien Coëdel](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//8OhvwXBTy6fOoAHio3ikb7DydTj.jpg)
Lucien Coëdel
Typographer (uncredited)
![Jean Darcante](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jean Darcante
Prosper Mérimée (uncredited)
![Joé Davray](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Joé Davray
Student (uncredited)
![Mona Dol](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Mona Dol
Housekeeper (uncredited)
![Maurice Dorléac](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Maurice Dorléac
Consumer (uncredited)
![Jacques Dynam](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//xuuxdHFeGYdvni0NZRjKEyoMSW.jpg)
Jacques Dynam
(uncredited)
![René Fluet](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//aJfaXX5tO1v1x5JGT1S1AsLgoXY.jpg)
René Fluet
Jules Janin (uncredited)
![Georges Gosset](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Georges Gosset
Alexandre Dumas (uncredited)
![Georges Lafon](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Georges Lafon
Russian Chamberlain (uncredited)
![Pierre Magnier](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//7oeemINXwEh52hmohs5xMk18voe.jpg)
Pierre Magnier
Professor (uncredited)
![Georges Mauloy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//w7zSJhjooOlRe7a4YFlowziIX5m.jpg)
Georges Mauloy
Dean of the Academies (uncredited)
![Marcelle Monthil](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//kKMIxcrkUf6OdgznRTRkMRUVDMC.jpg)
Marcelle Monthil
Dresser (uncredited
![Martial Rèbe](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Martial Rèbe
Coachman (uncredited)
![Louis Salou](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//bOkc86MhdeS2QMEYFGwR81ApGz4.jpg)
Louis Salou
Director of the Opéra (uncredited)
![Maurice Schutz](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//94drhs4q0P1oTM6kkGT00vDTlw8.jpg)
Maurice Schutz
Niccolò Paganini (uncredited)
![Roger Vincent](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Roger Vincent
(uncredited)
![Michel Vitold](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//hZdid7DcZPXueaX0rlkAeNBEbl.jpg)
Michel Vitold
Orchestra conductor (uncredited)
![Georges Vitray](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//kAzmt9PJzGqvh24JFyNeWZ3sfxe.jpg)
Georges Vitray
Ship's commander (uncredited)
![Eugène Yvernès](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//gOpgX4YlnT7oHIxreJRKqjN3Bfs.jpg)