Latin Quarter (French: Quartier Latin) is a 1939 French comedy film directed by Christian Chamborant, Pierre Colombier and Alexander Esway and starring Bernard Lancret, Jean Tissier, Blanchette Brunoy and Junie Astor.[1] It was shot at the Courbevoie Studios in Paris and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Gratigny.
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Written by | |
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Edited by | Maurice Serein |
Music by | C.P. Simon |
Production company | Studio de la Seine |
Distributed by | Selb-Film |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Synopsis
editA wealthy banker, bored with his life, heads to the Latin Quarter of Paris where he pretends to be a struggling artist. He falls in love with a student from the Sorbonne and moves into the same boarding house as her while continuing his pretence of poverty.
Cast
edit- Bernard Lancret as Bernard
- Jean Tissier as Dominique
- Blanchette Brunoy as Michèle
- Junie Astor as Flossie
- Yves Deniaud as Napoléon
- Carine Nelson as Marika
- Jean Daurand as L'Ablette
- Oléo as Liliane
- Raymond Galle a Tancrède
- Edmond Ardisson as Biscoule
- Romain Bouquet as M. Benjamin
- Odette Talazac as La propriétaire
- Anthony Gildès as Le peintre
- Eddy Debray as M. Hervé
- Sylvia Bataille as Sylvia
References
edit- ^ Phillips p.14
Bibliography
edit- Phillips, Alastair. City of Darkness, City of Light: Émigré Filmmakers in Paris, 1929-1939. Amsterdam University Press, 2004.
External links
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