In the Sun of Marseille (French: Au soleil de Marseille) is a 1938 French musical sports film directed by Pierre-Jean Ducis and starring Henri Garat, Mireille Ponsard and Gorlett. It was one of a cluster of films made with southern French settings during the era.[1]
| In the Sun of Marseille | |
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| Directed by | Pierre-Jean Ducis |
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| Produced by | Henri Ullmann |
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| Cinematography | Fred Langenfeld |
| Music by | Georges Sellers |
Production company | Productions Henri Ullmann |
| Distributed by | Consortium du Film |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
An operetta film, it portrays the lives of a group of football-loving factory workers who travel to Belgium for a match.
The film's sets were designed by Lucien Jaquelux.
Cast
edit- Henri Garat as Henri
- Mireille Ponsard as Mimi Cassis
- Gorlett as Fenouil
- Zizi Festerat as Van Meulenbeek
- Rittche as Sidol
- Henry as Jef le douanier
- Mado France as Maricke
- Henri Vilbert as Marius
- Charles Lemontier as Le contrôleur
- Caro Devère as Simone Van Meulenbeek
- Germaine Sablon as Ginette
- Fernand Charpin as M. Cassis
References
edit- ^ Crisp p.59
Bibliography
edit- Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
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