Widow's Island (French: L'île des veuves) is a 1937 French war drama film directed by Claude Heymann and starring Pierre Renoir, Marcelle Chantal and Aimé Clariond.[1][2] A separate British version of the story A Romance in Flanders was also produced, with Chantal appearing in both versions.

Widow's Island
Belgian poster
Directed byClaude Heymann
Written byMario Fort (novel)
Rolf E. Vanloo (novel)
André-Paul Antoine
Harold Simpson
Produced byHenry Deutschmeister
StarringPierre Renoir
Marcelle Chantal
Aimé Clariond
CinematographyJean-Paul Goreaud
Music byRalph Erwin
Production
companies
Franco London Films
Haussmann Films
Distributed byGeneralcine (Italy)
Release date
  • 30 April 1937 (1937-04-30)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Synopsis

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In the First World War during the Battle of Widow's Island on the Western Front, a soldier of the British Army Richard Trent is left wounded by his comrade Ralph Berry and is presumed dead. The two men had been competing for the love of Yvonne, who marries Berry. Many years later the couple return for a commemoration of the battle and Yvonne encounters a battlefield tour guide who strongly resembles her former fiancée Trent.

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References

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  1. ^ Crisp p.407
  2. ^ Bessy & Chirat p.135

Bibliography

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  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986.
  • Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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