Hercule (film)
Hercule | |
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Directed by | Alexander Esway |
Written by | Carlo Rim |
Produced by | |
Starring | Fernandel Gaby Morlay Pierre Brasseur |
Cinematography | Philippe Agostini Michel Kelber |
Edited by | |
Music by | Manuel Rosenthal |
Production company | Pan Ciné |
Distributed by | Comptoir Français de Productions Cinématographiques |
Release date | 4 March 1938 |
Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Hercule is a 1938 French comedy film directed by Alexander Esway and starring Fernandel, Gaby Morlay and Pierre Brasseur.[1] The film's sets were designed by Pierre Schild. Jean Grémillon was the film's original director, but he left shortly after production had begun. A simple fisherman from Provence inherits a Parisian newspaper, but finds some of his new staff are dishonest.
Main cast[]
- Fernandel as Hercule Maffre
- Gaby Morlay as Juliette Leclerc
- Pierre Brasseur as Bastien
- Henri Crémieux as Bajoux
- Édouard Delmont as Maffre
- Nane Germon as Miette
- as Cahuzac
- Robert Pizani as Le premier frère Riquel
- Henri Poupon as Boeuf
- Jean Tissier as Le troisième frère Riquel
- Charles Dechamps as Le second frère Riquel
- Jules Berry as Vasco
References[]
- ^ Oscherwitz & Higgins p.189
Bibliography[]
- Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, Maryellen. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links[]
Categories:
- French-language films
- 1938 films
- French films
- French comedy films
- 1938 comedy films
- Films directed by Alexander Esway
- Films set in Paris
- 1930s French film stubs
- 1930s comedy film stubs
- French black-and-white films