---
title: 'Bonjour Tristesse (1958)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Otto Preminger'
released: '1958-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/bonjour-tristesse-1958'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051429/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Bonjour Tristesse (1958)

1958 · 90 min · Drama · United Kingdom, United States

Original title: Bonjour tristesse

## Synopsis

Bonjour Tristesse is a 1958 coming-of-age drama film in CinemaScope, produced and directed by Otto Preminger from a screenplay by Arthur Laurents, based on the 1954 novel by Françoise Sagan. The film stars Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Jean Seberg, Mylène Demongeot and Geoffrey Horne, and features Juliette Gréco, Walter Chiari, Martita Hunt and Roland Culver. It was released by Columbia Pictures. This film had color and black-and-white sequences, a technique unusual for the 1950s, but widely used in silent films and early sound films.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Otto Preminger](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-preminger)
- **Producer:** [Otto Preminger](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-preminger)
- **Screenplay:** [Françoise Sagan](https://cinepixo.com/people/francoise-sagan), [Arthur Laurents](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-laurents)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Georges Auric](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-auric)
- **Director of Photography:** [Georges Périnal](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-perinal)
- **Editor:** [Helga Keller](https://cinepixo.com/people/helga-keller)

## Cast

- [Roland Culver](https://cinepixo.com/people/roland-culver)
- [Geoffrey Horne](https://cinepixo.com/people/geoffrey-horne)
- [Jean Kent](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-kent)
- [Walter Chiari](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-chiari)
- [Martita Hunt](https://cinepixo.com/people/martita-hunt)
- [Mylène Demongeot](https://cinepixo.com/people/mylene-demongeot)
- [Elga Andersen](https://cinepixo.com/people/elga-andersen)
- [Deborah Kerr](https://cinepixo.com/people/deborah-kerr)
- [Tutte Lemkow](https://cinepixo.com/people/tutte-lemkow)
- [Jean Seberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-seberg)
- [Maryse Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/maryse-martin)
- [David Niven](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-niven)
- [Juliette Gréco](https://cinepixo.com/people/juliette-greco)

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