Boys' School

Boys' School
Boys' School
Directed by	Christian-Jaque
Starring	Erich von Stroheim; Michel Simon; Robert Le Vigan; Marcel Mouloudji
Cinematography	Marcel Lusien
Music by	Henry Verdun
Production; company	Dimeco Productions
Distributed by	Les Films Vog (France); Columbia Pictures (USA)
Release dates	6 April 1938 (France); 5 June 1939 (USA);
Running time	98 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Boys' School (French: Les Disparus de Saint-Agil) is a 1938 French drama film by Christian-Jaque based on the novel of the same title by Pierre Véry.^[1] It has become a cult film.^[2]

Plot

Shortly before the war, strange things happen at night at the School of Saint-Agil. Students begin to disappear... Three students of Saint-Agil, Beaume Sorgue and Macroy, have created a secret society to prepare leaving for America. One evening, one of them, Sorgue, sees a man through a wall in the natural sciences class. He then disappears after having been sent to the principal's office. When Macroy vanishes in turn, the whole institution is in turmoil. The last member of the secret society still at school, Beaume, might be expelled as well after the yearly school party. During this party, Lemel, the alcoholic art teacher, dies after a fall when a power outage leaves the school in the black. Everyone believes in an accident but Beaume decides to investigate. He chooses to disappear as well and, with the help of the mysterious and spooky English teacher, he manages to discover the counterfeiting business at work in the school insides.

Cast

Marcel Mouloudji as Philippe Macroy
Jean Claudio as Mathieu Sorgue
Erich von Stroheim as Walter, the English teacher
Michel Simon as Lemel, the art teacher
Robert Le Vigan as César, the counterfeiter
Armand Bernard as Mazeau, the concierge
Aimé Clariond as the school principal
René Génin as Donnadieu, the music teacher
Serge Reggiani as a schoolboy [uncredited]
Charles Aznavour as a schoolboy [uncredited]
Robert Rollis as a schoolboy
Serge Grave as Beaume
Jacques Derives as Planet
Martial Rèbe as the dorm supervisor
Pierre Labry as Bernardin
Albert Malbert as Alexis, the miller
Félix Claude as a schoolboy
Jean Buquet as the snitch
Claude Roy as the schoolboy with a turtle
Robert Ozanne as a nurse

References

^ "Boys' School". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
^ filmsdefrance.com. "Les Disparus de Saint-Agil (1938) – Christian-Jaque – film review". Filmsdefrance.com. Retrieved 2015-12-17.

External links

Boys' School at IMDb

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[1] "Boys' School". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2014-02-21.

[2] sdefrance.com. "Les Disparus de Saint-Agil (1938) – Christian-Jaque – film review". Filmsdefrance.com. Retrieved 2015-12-17.

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