Alert in the Mediterranean
| Alert in the Mediterranean | |
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| Directed by | Léo Joannon |
| Written by | Léo Joannon T.H. Robert Roger Vitrac |
| Starring | Pierre Fresnay Rolf Wanka |
| Cinematography | Marcel Lucien |
| Edited by | |
| Music by | Michel Michelet |
Production company | Société des Films Vega |
| Distributed by | Compagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique |
Release date | 1 September 1938 |
Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Alert in the Mediterranean (French: Alerte en Méditerranée) is a 1938 French thriller film directed by Léo Joannon and starring Pierre Fresnay, and Rolf Wanka. It was the fifth most popular film at the French box office in 1938.[1] It also proved a success in Belgium after being released in Brussels in October 1938.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys.
The following year it was remade in Britain as Hell's Cargo directed by Harold Huth.
Synopsis[]
After meeting in Tangiers three naval officers, British, French and German, are able to overcome their national antipathy and come to the assistance of a neutral ship in distress.
Cast[]
- Pierre Fresnay as Le commandant Lestailleur
- as Claire Lestailleur
- Rolf Wanka as von Schlieden
- Kim Peacock as Le commandant Falcon
- as Le petit Pierre
- Jean Témerson as Le docteur Laurent
- Louis Seigner as Le juge d'instruction
- Raymond Aimos as Huguenin, le second-maître
- Jean Tissier as Le journaliste
- Fernand Ledoux as Martin
- as Le capitaine Dulac
- Jean Daurand as Le matelot Calas
- Edmond Ardisson as La matelot Jaubert
- as Le matelot anglair
- as Le matelot allemand
- Robert Pizani as Le médecin du port
- Jacques Berlioz as Le commandant du paquebot
- as Le second du paquebot
- Frédéric Mariotti as Un homme de main
- Jean d'Yd as Le père Blanc
- as L'officier des Spahis
- as L'amiral
- as Le second du torpilleur
References[]
- ^ Driskell p.207
Bibliography[]
- Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
- Driskell, Jonathan. The French Screen Goddess: Film Stardom and the Modern Woman in 1930s France. I.B.Tauris, 2015.
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Categories:
- French-language films
- 1938 thriller films
- French thriller films
- 1938 films
- French films
- Films directed by Léo Joannon
- Films scored by Michel Michelet
- Seafaring films
- Films set in Tangier
- French black-and-white films
- 1930s French film stubs