{{short description|1955 film by Marc Allégret}} {{Infobox film | name = School for Love | image = 1955_Futures_vedettes_-_School_for_love_(fra).jpg | caption = | director = Marc Allégret | producer = Gilbert Cohen-Seat | writer = Marc Allégret<br>Roger Vadim | based_on = {{based on|''Eingang zur Bühne'' (The Entrance to the Stage)<br>1920 novel|Vicki Baum}}<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mLhoAgAAQBAJ&q=novel+Der+Eingang+zur+B%C3%BChne&pg=PA95 |title = Becoming Austrians: Jews and Culture between the World Wars|isbn = 9780199794881|last1 = Silverman|first1 = Lisa|date = 2012-06-19}}</ref> | starring = Jean Marais<br />Brigitte Bardot | music = Jean Wiener | cinematography = Robert Juillard | editing = Suzanne de Troeye | studio = Régie du Film<br>Del Duca Films | distributor = Columbia Pictures | released = {{Film date|1955|04|26|France|ref1=<ref>{{cite news|title=Bardot (Clad) Studies Voice in New Film|last=Stinson|first= Charles|newspaper= Los Angeles Times|date=3 June 1960|page= A7}}</ref>|df=y}} | runtime = 96 minutes | country = France | language = French | budget = | gross = $7.1 million<ref name="box">{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com.au&sl=fr&u=http://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-brigitte-bardot-c22691591/7|title=Future Vendettes|website=Box Office Story}}</ref> }}
'''''School for Love''''' ('''''Futures vedettes''''') is a 1955 French drama film directed by Marc Allégret, written by Marc Allégret, and starring Brigitte Bardot and Jean Marais. The screenplay, based on a novel by Vicki Baum was adapted for the screen by Allégret.<ref>[http://filmsdefrance.com/FDF_Futures_vedettes_1955_rev.html Futures vedettes (1955)] at the ''Films de France''</ref>
The film was released under different titles in various countries: ''Joy of Living'' or ''School for Love'' in the U.S., ''Sweet Sixteen'' in the U.K. and ''Reif auf junge Blüten'' in West Germany.
==Plot== Tenor Eric Walter, a teacher at a Vienna conservatory, is separated from his wife, opera singer Marie. When he starts a romantic relationship with one of his students, Sophie, another student named Elisa becomes jealous, leading to a complex web of emotions and conflicts.
==Cast== * Jean Marais as Éric Walter * Brigitte Bardot as Sophie * Isabelle Pia as Élis (Élisa) * Yves Robert as Clément * Denise Noël as Marie Koukowska-Walter * Mischa Auer (crédité Misha Auer) as Berger * Lila Kedrova as la mère de Sophie * Edmond Beauchamp as le père d’Élis * Yvette Etiévant as la mère d’Élis * Georges Reich as Dick * Anne Colette as Marion * Odile Rodin as Erika * Mylène Demongeot as The vocalist
==Reception== The film performed poorly at the French box office,<ref name="box"/> with only 949,416 admissions.<ref name="marais">{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-jean-marais-c22695355|title=Box Office Figures for Jean Marais films|website=Box Office Story}}</ref>
''Variety'' wrote "Title does not look prophetic, with Brigitte Bardot lacking any depth as yet for star stamping."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Future stars|magazine=Variety|page=20|date=13 July 1955|url=https://archive.org/details/variety199-1955-07/mode/2up?}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{IMDb title|id=0048103}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130608074924/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/509487/Futures-Vedettes/ ''Future Vendettes''] at TCMDB * [https://web.archive.org/web/20161106190132/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6aac2835 ''Future Vendettes''] at BFI * [http://filmsdefrance.com/FDF_Futures_vedettes_1955_rev.html Futures vedettes (1955)] at the ''Films de France''
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Category:1955 films Category:1955 romantic drama films Category:French romantic drama films Category:1955 French-language films Category:Films directed by Marc Allégret Category:French black-and-white films Category:Films based on Austrian novels Category:Films set in Vienna Category:1955 French films Category:Films scored by Jean Wiener Category:Films based on works by Vicki Baum Category:French-language romantic drama films
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