1939 film
Latin Quarter Directed by Written by Starring Cinematography Edited by Maurice Serein Music by C.P. Simon Production company
Studio de la Seine
Distributed by Selb-Film Release date
30 August 1939 (1939-08-30 )
Running time
101 minutes Country France Language French
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.
Synopsis
A 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.
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Bibliography
Phillips, Alastair. City of Darkness, City of Light: Émigré Filmmakers in Paris, 1929-1939 . Amsterdam University Press, 2004.
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