Hopes (film)

Hopes
Directed byWilly Rozier
Written byWilly Rozier
Based onA Village Romeo and Juliet [de] by Gottfried Keller
Produced byWilly Rozier
StarringConstant Rémy
Pierre Larquey
Robert Lynen
CinematographyMarius Roger
Edited byWilly Rozier
Music byJean Yatove
Production
company
Sport-Films
Distributed byLes Films de Koster
Release date
  • 19 March 1941 (1941-03-19)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Hopes (French: Espoirs) is a 1941 French drama film directed by Willy Rozier and starring Constant Rémy, Pierre Larquey and Robert Lynen.[1] [2] It is based on the 1856 novella A Village Romeo and Juliet [de] by Gottfried Keller.[3] The story is inspired by William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet shifted to a country setting.[4]

Cast

References

  1. ^ https://www.unifrance.org/film/37801/espoirs-le-champ-maudit
  2. ^ Rège p.897
  3. ^ Goble p.255
  4. ^ Shakespeare on Screen: Romeo and Juliet p.18

Bibliography

  • Bladen, Victoria, Hatchuel, Sarah & Vienne-Guerrin, Nathalie (ed.) Shakespeare on Screen: Romeo and Juliet. Cambridge University Press, 2023.
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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