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| Directed by | Jacques Séverac |
| Written by | Jacques Séverac |
| Based on | Les réprouvés by André Armandy |
| Produced by | Adolphe Osso |
| Starring | Jean Servais Janine Crispin Pierre Mingand |
| Cinematography | André Bac Ernest Bourreaud Christian Matras Amédée Morrin |
| Music by | Maurice Naggiar |
Production company | Hades Films |
| Distributed by | Union Française de Production Cinématographique |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
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
- Jean Servais as Prieur
- Janine Crispin as Gloriette
- Pierre Mingand as Le lieutenant d'Armançon
- Alexandre Rignault as Faggianelli
- Princesse Kandou as La princesse Fatima el Tlemci
- Yvonne Claudie as La girl
- Raymond Cordy as Badar
- Cosaert as Morin
- Pierre Magnier as Le commandant
- Gina Manès as La chanteuse réaliste
- Gaston Modot as Le patron
- Nino Pavese as Le sergent
- Poussard as Girval
- Georges Térof as Un colon
- François Viguier as Le Syrien
References
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.
External links
- The Forsaken at IMDb
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