Sergeant X (1932 film)

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Sergeant X
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Directed byVladimir Strizhevsky
Written by
Vladimir Strizhevsky
Simon Gantillon
Produced byAlexandre Volkoff
StarringIvan Mozzhukhin
Suzy Vernon
Jean Angelo
Cinematography
Nikolai Toporkoff
Edited by
Music by
René Mercier
Production
company
Gloria Film
Distributed byLes Films Osso
Release date
1 April 1932
Running time
87 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Sergeant X (French: Le sergent X) is a 1932 French drama film directed by Vladimir Strizhevsky and starring Ivan Mozzhukhin, Suzy Vernon and Jean Angelo.[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Alexandre Lochakoff and . Many of those involved with the film's production were Russian emigrants. It was remade under the same title in 1960.

Synopsis[]

An army officer returns home after being believed dead, only to find that his wife has remarried. In order to spare her feelings he enlists in the French Foreign Legion to serve in North Africa.

Cast[]

  • Ivan Mozzhukhin as Jean Renault
  • Suzy Vernon as Olga
  • Jean Angelo as Chardin
  • as Djanni
  • as Christophe
  • as Grégoire
  • as Jeanne
  • as Georges
  • as Truzzi
  • as Schwartz
  • as Shika

References[]

  1. ^ Crisp p.394

Bibliography[]

  • Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.

External links[]

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