La Loi du Nord

La Loi du nord
La Loi du nord
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jacques Feyder
Written by	Jacques Feyder; Alexandre Arnoux; Charles Spaak ; Maurice Constantin-Weyer (novel)
Produced by	Roland Tual
Starring	Michèle Morgan; Pierre Richard-Willm; Charles Vanel
Cinematography	Jean Charpentier ; Paul Fabian ; Roger Hubert
Edited by	Roger Spiri-Mercaton
Music by	Louis Beydts
Production; company	Filmos
Distributed by	DisCina
Release date	1939
Running time	95 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

La Loi du nord ([la lwa dy nɔʁ], "The Law of the North"; also called La Piste du Nord, "The Northern Trail") is a 1939 French adventure drama film directed by Jacques Feyder who co-wrote screenplay with Alexandre Arnoux and Charles Spaak, based on novel "Telle qu'elle était de son vivant" by Maurice Constantin-Weyer. The films stars Michèle Morgan, Pierre Richard-Willm and Charles Vanel. It tells the story of an escaped prisoner, his woman secretary and two guardsmen in the Far North. It was entered for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film at the 1939 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

Plot[]

Robert Shaw manslaughters his wife's lover and runs away with his secretary Jacqueline. Helped by a French trapper who takes them for film-makers, they hide in Northern Canada. But the corporal Dalrymple discovers their identity and hunts them, until Jacqueline dies exhausted by such a hard expedition.

Cast[]

Michèle Morgan as Jacqueline
Pierre Richard-Willm as Robert Shaw
Charles Vanel as Corporal Dalrymple
Max Michel as the Advocate
Youcca Troubetzkov as Ellis
as Daugh

References[]

^ "Loi du nord (La)". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2014-01-25.

External links[]

La Loi du Nord at the British Film Institute
La Loi du Nord at IMDb
La Loi du Nord at AllMovie
La Loi du nord at DvdToile

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[1] "Loi du nord (La)". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2014-01-25.

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