The West (1938 film)
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Directed by | Henri Fescourt |
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Produced by | Claude Dolbert |
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Edited by | |
Music by | Jane Bos |
Production company | Les Productions Claude Dolbert |
Distributed by | Pellegrin |
Release date | 16 February 1938 |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
The West (French: L'occident) is a 1938 French drama film directed by Henri Fescourt and starring Charles Vanel, José Noguéro and Hélène Robert.[1] It is a remake of the director's own 1928 .
The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean Douarinou.
Synopsis[]
The film portrays the relationship between a female Moroccan student, who has been forced to leave her studies at the Sorbonne for financial reasons and works as a dancer in a Paris nightclub, and a French naval officer. However, on returning to Casablanca she is tricked into believing that he had the led attack on her village that wiped out her family. She begins to plot her revenge.
Cast[]
- as Hassina
- Charles Vanel as Jean Cadière
- José Noguéro as Armand
- as Linières
- Hélène Robert as Jacqueline
- Jules Berry as Max – Le portier
- Raymond Cordy as Carbonniès
- Robert Le Vigan as Taïeb el Haïn
- Roger Legris as Le Goff
- Georges Bever
- Suzy Pierson
- Philippe Richard
- Monique Rolland
- Serjius
See also[]
- Eye for Eye (1918)
References[]
- ^ Kennedy-Karpat p.78
Bibliography[]
- Kennedy-Karpat, Colleen. Rogues, Romance, and Exoticism in French Cinema of the 1930s. Fairleigh Dickinson, 2013.
External links[]
Categories:
- French-language films
- 1938 films
- French films
- French drama films
- 1938 drama films
- 1930s French-language films
- Films directed by Henri Fescourt
- Films set in Paris
- Films set in Casablanca
- French film remakes
- Sound film remakes of silent films
- French black-and-white films
- 1930s French film stubs