1937 film
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
- ^ Bessy & Chirat p.184
- ^ 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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