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The Exile's Song

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The Exile's Song
Directed byAndré Hugon
Written byYves Mirande
André Hugon
Produced byPierre Collard
André Hugon
StarringTino Rossi
Ginette Leclerc
Aimé Clariond
CinematographyRaymond Agnel
Edited byJean Sacha
Music byHenri Bourtayre
Production
companies
Les Films Collard
Les Productions André Hugon
Distributed byCinéma de France
Release date
  • 21 April 1943 (1943-04-21)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The Exile's Song (French: Le chant de l'exilé) is a 1943 French musical drama film directed by André Hugon and starring Tino Rossi, Ginette Leclerc and Aimé Clariond.[1] [2] [3] It was shot at the Cité Elgé Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Maurice Bernard. It was produced during the German Occupation of France.

Synopsis

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In the French Basque Country a young man works for his father a fruit and vegetable merchant. He enjoys life and is happily engaged but when he believes he has killed a man, even in self-defence, he flees to French Algeria. There are some struggle to gain work he enlists in the Sahara Pioneers.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Rège p.512
  2. ^ Powrie & Cadalanu p.249
  3. ^ https://www.unifrance.org/film/37505/le-chant-de-l-exile

Bibliography

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  • Powrie, Phil & Cadalanu, Marie. The French Film Musical. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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