The Emigrant (French: L'émigrante) is a 1940 French comedy film directed by Léo Joannon and starring Edwige Feuillère, Jean Chevrier and Georges Lannes.[1] It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert-Jules Garnier.
| The Emigrant | |
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| Directed by | Léo Joannon |
| Written by | Yves Allégret Jean Aurenche Jacques Companéez Herbert Juttke Léo Joannon André-Paul Antoine |
| Produced by | Antoine de Rouvre Roger De Venloo Raymond Eger Alexandre Mnouchkine Jacques Schwob-d'Héricourt |
| Starring | Edwige Feuillère Jean Chevrier Georges Lannes |
| Cinematography | Eugen Schüfftan |
| Edited by | Yvonne Martin |
| Music by | Michel Michelet |
Production companies | Compagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique Films Vega |
| Distributed by | La Société des Films Sirius |
Release date |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Synopsis edit
Christiane runs a bar in Antwerp which is frequented by the smuggler Tino. After killing a customs officer, he steals her jewellery and flees. She informs on him to the police, but he manages to escape and comes looking for revenge against her. She joins a group of emigrants leaving on a ship for South Africa as a stowaway. Hiding in the cabin of one of the crew, she gradually falls in love with him.
Cast edit
- Edwige Feuillère as Christiane Vallier
- Jean Chevrier as François Champart
- Georges Lannes as Tino
- Foun-Sen as L'Annamite aux béquilles
- Palmyre Levasseur as La religieuse de l'hospice de Lisbonne
- Jacques Vitry as Le commissaire
- Edmond Van Daële as Un émigrant
- Philippe Richard as Le médecin-chef
- Serge Nadaud as Un officier
- Marcel Pérès as Gaston - un émigrant
- Marcel Duhamel
- Duluard
- Robert Brunet
- Paul Lluís
- Génia Vaury as Madame Vermeersch
- Hélène Dassonville as Eliane
- Gaston Jacquet as Un officier
- Roger Capellani as Un émigrant
- Emile Saulieu
- Jean d'Yd as L'ingénieur-chef
- Åke Engfeldt as L'émigrant suédois
- Pierre Juvenet as Le représentant de la compagnie
- René Charles
- Maurice Marceau
- Roger Bontemps as Vermeersch
- Pierre Larquey as Monrozat
- Raymond Aimos as Un employé du bateau
- Charles Bouillaud
- Bernard La Jarrige as Le journaliste
- Frédéric Mariotti as Un émigrant
- Robert Ozanne as L'ami de Tino
- Forde Willis as L'architecte
References edit
- ^ Monaco p.484
Bibliography edit
- Monaco, James. The Encyclopedia of Film. Perigee Books, 1991.
External links edit
- The Emigrant at IMDb
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