The ‘golden helmet’ of the title refers to the blonde hair of the heroine, who leaves her criminal lover – an ‘apache’ – for an honest carpenter, with tragic results.
Simone Signoret is radiant in a signature role, and Becker’s recreation of turn-of-the-century Paris is sublime both in its authenticity and its evocation of Renoir, the painter.
CASQUE D'OR (1952)
Becker’s most-loved film, about a golden-haired woman who finds a new lover, is probably his masterpiece.
- 1952 France
- Directed by
- Jacques Becker
- Produced by
- Michel Safra
- Written by
- Jacques Becker, Jacques Companeez
- Featuring
- Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Claude Dauphin
- Running time
- 95 minutes
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