Latin Quarter (1939 film)

Latin Quarter
Directed by
Written by
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byMaurice Serein
Music byC.P. Simon
Production
company
Studio de la Seine
Distributed bySelb-Film
Release date
  • 30 August 1939 (1939-08-30)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

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.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Phillips p.14

Bibliography

  • Phillips, Alastair. City of Darkness, City of Light: Émigré Filmmakers in Paris, 1929-1939. Amsterdam University Press, 2004.