The Star of Valencia (French-language film)

The Star of Valencia
Directed by	Serge de Poligny
Written by	Rudolph Cartier Otto Eis Jean Galtier-Boissière
Produced by	Raoul Ploquin Alfred Zeisler
Starring	Brigitte Helm Jean Gabin Simone Simon
Cinematography	Werner Brandes Karl Puth
Edited by	Wolfgang Becker
Music by	Hans-Otto Borgmann
Production companies	UFA L'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne
Distributed by	L'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne
Release date	16 June 1933
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	French

The Star of Valencia (French: L'étoile de Valencia) is a 1933 drama film directed by Serge de Poligny and starring Brigitte Helm, Jean Gabin and Simone Simon. It was the French-language version of the German film The Star of Valencia.^[1] Such multi-language versions were common in the era before dubbing became widespread. While made by largely the same crew except the director, it features a completely different cast.

It was produced by UFA at the Babelsberg Studios, and distributed by the company's French subsidiary . The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Hunte. It incorporated footage shot on location in Mallorca from the German film.

Cast[]

• Brigitte Helm as Marion Savedra
• Jean Gabin as Pedro Savedra
• Thomy Bourdelle as Le capitaine Mendoza
• Simone Simon as Rita
• Raymond Aimos as Un matelot
• Joe Alex as Diego
• Paul Amiot as Le capitaine Rustan
• Paule Andral as Elinor
• Paul Azaïs as Un joueur du Trocadéro
• Christian Casadesus as Le lieutenant Diaz
• as Une girl
• as Palesco - le patron du cabaret
• Roger Karl as Le commissaire
• Pierre Labry as José
• Ginette Leclerc as Une girl
• as Beppo - un matelot
• as Une girl
• as Un machinist

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Barbara Hales, Mihaela Petrescu and Valerie Weinstein. Continuity and Crisis in German Cinema, 1928-1936. Boydell & Brewer, 2016.

External links[]

• The Star of Valencia at IMDb

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