The Forsaken (1937 film)

The Forsaken
Directed byJacques Séverac
Written byJacques Séverac
Based onLes réprouvés by André Armandy
Produced byAdolphe Osso
StarringJean Servais
Janine Crispin
Pierre Mingand
CinematographyAndré Bac
Ernest Bourreaud
Christian Matras
Amédée Morrin
Music byMaurice Naggiar
Production
company
Hades Films
Distributed byUnion Française de Production Cinématographique
Release date
  • 19 February 1937 (1937-02-19)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The Forsaken (French: Les réprouvés) is a 1937 French war drama film directed by Jacques Séverac and starring Jean Servais, Janine Crispin and Pierre Mingand.[1] It was based on a novel of the same title by André Armandy.[2] It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean Lafitte.

Synopsis

A group of Foreign Legion soldiers serving in French North Africa on the edge of the Sahara Desert are attacked by an overwhelming enemy force.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Bessy & Chirat p.184
  2. ^ Goble p.14

Bibliography

  • 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.
  • 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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