Le Corsaire (film)
Le Corsaire | |
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Directed by | Marc Allégret |
Written by | |
Based on | the play by Marcel Achard |
Starring | |
Release date | 1939 |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Le Corsaire ("The Pirate") is an unfinished 1939 French film. It would have marked the screen debut of Louis Jourdan.
Plot[]
Some actors put on a play about a pirate, and find themselves encountering similarities from the play in their own lives.
Production[]
Charles Boyer returned from Hollywood to appear in the movie which was filmed at Victorine Studios in Nice, August – September 1939. However production ceased on the declaration of war and Boyer returned to America.[1] The film was never completed, although some footage of it was later released.[2]
A documentary about the making of the movie was released in 1995.[3]
References[]
- ^ Le Corsaire at Louis Jourdan website accessed 20 January 2014
- ^ Le Corsair at A Lost Film
- ^ "Autour du Corsaire" accessed 23 January 2014
External links[]
- Le Corsaire at IMDb
Categories:
- French-language films
- 1939 films
- French films
- Films directed by Marc Allégret
- French black-and-white films
- 1930s unfinished films
- 1930s French film stubs