Bethsabée

Bethsabée
Directed by	Léonide Moguy
Written by	Pierre Benoît (novel) Jacques Rémy Roger Vitrac
Produced by	Raymond Borderie
Starring	Danielle Darrieux Georges Marchal Jean Murat
Cinematography	Nicolas Hayer
Edited by	Borys Lewin
Music by	Joseph Kosma
Production companies	Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique Les Films Corona
Distributed by	Les Films Corona
Release date	21 November 1947
Running time	90 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Bethsabée is a 1947 French drama film directed by Léonide Moguy and starring Danielle Darrieux, Georges Marchal and Jean Murat. It is also known by the alternative title of Le Deserter.^[1] It is based on a novel by Pierre Benoît, set in French Morocco.^[2] The title is a reference to the biblical story of Bathsheba.

It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Henri Ménessier and René Renoux.

Cast[]

• Danielle Darrieux as Arabella Delvert, A Woman Who Came to Join Her Lover In Morocco
• Georges Marchal as Captain Georges Dubreuil, The Head of A Spahis Post and Arabella's Lover
• Jean Murat as Colonel de Cervière
• Paul Meurisse as Captain Lucien Sommervill, Arabella's Ex-Lover
• Pierre-Louis as Lieutenant Testard
• Olivier Darrieux as The Driver
• Nicolas Vogel as The Adjutant
• Robert Darène as The Major
• Andrée Clément as Evelyne de Cerviere, The Colonel's Daughter

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links[]

• Bethsabée at IMDb
• Besthabee at Unifrance
• Bethsabee at BFI

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