Last Hour (French: Dernière heure) is a 1934 French drama film directed by Jean Bernard-Derosne and starring Line Noro, Jean Servais and Ginette Gaubert.[1] [2] [3]
Last Hour | |
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Directed by | Jean Bernard-Derosne |
Written by | Jean Bernard-Derosne Henri Duvernois |
Produced by | Léon Beytout |
Starring | Line Noro Jean Servais Ginette Gaubert |
Cinematography | Jacques Montéran Roger Montéran |
Music by | Jean Tranchant |
Production company | Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie |
Distributed by | Radio Cinéma |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Synopsis
editTo escape from her brutal, tyrannical husband Madeleine kills him and flees with her young lover who is ignorant of the crime. They live together in happiness for a few days, but she knows that the last hour of her freedom will soon arrive.
Cast
edit- Line Noro as Madeleine Chevrier
- Jean Servais as Jean Benoit
- Ginette Gaubert as Germaine
- Maurice Rémy as Henri
- Germaine Reuver as La laitière
- Paul Menant as L'ouvrier
- Georges Paulais as Chevrier
- Pedro Elviro as Le garçon de café
- Marcelle Sarret as La patronne du café
- Maurice Genevoix as Le groom
- Gaston Jacquet as Le commissaire
- G.A. Martin as Le facteur
- Jean Sinoël as Le veilleur
References
editBibliography
edit- Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986.
- Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.