Act of Love (1953 film)

Act of Love
Directed byAnatole Litvak
Written byJoseph Kessel
Irwin Shaw
Based onThe Girl on the Via Flaminia
1949 novel
by Alfred Hayes
Produced byAnatole Litvak
StarringKirk Douglas
Dany Robin
CinematographyArmand Thirard
Edited byLéonide Azar (French)
William Hornbeck
Music byMichel Emer
Joe Hajos
Michel B. Rosenstein
Production
company
Benagoss Productions
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release dates
  • December 17, 1953 (1953-12-17) (United States)
  • May 7, 1954 (1954-05-07) (France)
Running time
95 minutes (French)
108 minutes (English)
CountriesFrance
United States
LanguagesEnglish
French
Box office1,048,123 admissions (France)[1]
$1.1 million[2]

Act of Love (French title: Un acte d'amour) is a 1953 American romantic drama film directed by Anatole Litvak, starring Kirk Douglas and Dany Robin. It is based on the 1949 novel The Girl on the Via Flaminia by Alfred Hayes.[3] A Parisian falls in love with an American soldier near the end of World War II.

  1. ^ French box office information for film at Box Office Story
  2. ^ "1954 Box Office Champs". Variety Weekly. January 5, 1955. p. 59. - figures are rentals in the US and Canada
  3. ^ Zolotow, Sam (January 1, 1954). "HAYES' PLAY BOWS HERE NEXT MONTH / Circle in the Square to Offer 'Girl on the Via Flaminia,' Based on Author's Novel". The New York Times. Retrieved February 17, 2019.