The Secrets of the Red Sea
The Secrets of the Red Sea | |
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Directed by | Richard Pottier |
Written by | Joseph Kessel René Pujol Carlo Rim |
Based on | The Secrets of the Red Sea by Henry de Monfreid |
Starring | Harry Baur Gaby Basset Alexandre Mihalesco |
Cinematography | Jean Bachelet |
Edited by | |
Music by | Jean Yatove |
Production company | PSB Films |
Release date | 8 September 1937 |
Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
The Secrets of the Red Sea (French: Les secrets de la Mer Rouge) is a 1937 French adventure film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Harry Baur, Gaby Basset and Alexandre Mihalesco.[1] It was based on the 1931 novel of the same title by Henry de Monfreid.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand.
Cast[]
- Harry Baur as Saïd Ali
- Gaby Basset as Anita
- Habib Benglia as Araba
- as Kames
- Charles Dechamps as Chouchana
- Édouard Delmont as Soliman
- as Ismaël
- as L'anglaise
- Alexandre Mihalesco as Nadir
- Georges Paulais as Sheik Issa
- as Sélim
- as Sultana
References[]
- ^ Gilles p.191
Bibliography[]
- Christian Gilles. L'avant-guerre, 1937-1939. Harmattan, 2002.
- Jonathan Miran, "Pearling Fortunes: Recovering 'Ali al-Nahari, a Legendary Red Sea Magnate in the Early Twentieth Century," in Pedro Machado, Steve Mullins & Joseph Christensen. Pearls, People, and Power: Pearling and Indian Ocean Worlds. Ohio University Press, 2020.
External links[]
Categories:
- French-language films
- 1937 films
- 1937 adventure films
- French adventure films
- French films
- Films directed by Richard Pottier
- 1930s French film stubs