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Lovers and Thieves

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Lovers and Thieves
Directed byRaymond Bernard
Written byRaymond Bernard
Henri Diamant-Berger
Based onLe Costaud des Épinettes by Alfred Athis and Tristan Bernard
StarringArletty
Michel Simon
Pierre Blanchar
CinematographyJoseph-Louis Mundwiller
René Ribault
Edited byLucienne Grumberg
Music byJean Lenoir
Production
company
Les Productions Odéon
Distributed byLes Films Osso
Release date
  • 15 November 1935 (1935-11-15)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Lovers and Thieves (French: Amants et voleurs) is a 1935 French comedy film directed by Raymond Bernard and starring Arletty, Michel Simon and Pierre Blanchar.[1] [2] It is based on the 1910 play Le Costaud des Épinettes by Alfred Athis and Tristan Bernard, which had previously been adapted into a 1923 silent film. It was shot at the Joinville Studios of Pathé-Natan in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean Perrier.

Synopsis

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Claude Brezin, a man from a respectable family is now down-and-out in Paris. He is put in touch with Doizeau a man, for reasons of his own, wants someone to kill the music hall performer Irma Lurette. Desperate, Brezin takes on the assignment in exchange for twenty thousand francs. However instead of killing Irma he falls in love with her, and the two conspire together to swindle Doizeau out of his fee.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Goble p.669
  2. ^ Bessy & Chirat p.92

Bibliography

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  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986.
  • Crisp, Colin. French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 1, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2015.
  • 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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