Tamara (1938 film)
Appearance
Tamara | |
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Directed by | Jean Delannoy Félix Gandéra |
Written by | Georges André-Cuel (novel) Jean Delannoy Félix Gandéra |
Produced by | Félix Gandéra |
Starring | Véra Korène Victor Francen Lucas Gridoux |
Cinematography | Nicolas Hayer Charles Suin |
Edited by | Jean Hénin |
Music by | Georges Auric |
Production company | Productions Félix Gandéra |
Distributed by | Compagnie Française Cinématographique |
Release date |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Tamara (French: Tamara la complaisante) is a 1938 French drama film directed by Jean Delannoy and Félix Gandéra and starring Véra Korène, Victor Francen and Lucas Gridoux.[1] [2] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Lucien Aguettand and Robert Gys.
Synopsis
[edit]Fur trader Grigory is in Siberia to marry his fiancée Lydia, but becomes enthralled by Tamara a peasant girl he encounters. He abandons his fiancée and turns to a life of crime.
Cast
[edit]- Véra Korène as Tamara
- Victor Francen as Grigory
- Lucas Gridoux as Mossilieff
- Jacques Berlioz as Torkoff
- Régine Poncet as Lydia
- Colette Darfeuil as Pachenka
- Jeanne Marie-Laurent as Maria Fedorovna
- Joë Hamman as Abenkine
- Maxime Fabert as Padiloff
- Camille Bert as Le chef de la police
- Edmond Beauchamp as Borojski
- André Carnège as Simoën
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- 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.
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.