The Gutter (1938 film)
Appearance
The Gutter | |
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Directed by | Maurice Lehmann Claude Autant-Lara |
Written by | Jean Aurenche Michel Duran |
Based on | The Gutter by Pierre Wolff |
Produced by | Maurice Lehmann |
Starring | Françoise Rosay Michel Simon Gaby Sylvia Ginette Leclerc |
Cinematography | Michel Kelber |
Edited by | Victoria Posner |
Music by | Tiarko Richepin Vincent Scotto |
Production company | Productions Maurice Lehmann |
Distributed by | Les Distributeurs Français |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
The Gutter or The Stream (French: Le ruisseau) is a 1938 French drama film directed by Maurice Lehmann and Claude Autant-Lara and starring Françoise Rosay, Michel Simon, Gaby Sylvia and Ginette Leclerc.[1] [2] [3] It is based on the 1907 play of the same title by Pierre Wolff. It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris and on location around Le Havre in Normandy. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux. The play had previously been adapted as a 1919 American silent film The Virtuous Model and a 1929 French silent Le Ruisseau.
Cast
[edit]- Françoise Rosay as Régina Berri
- Michel Simon as Le comte Edouard de Bourgogne dit 'L'Escargot'
- Gaby Sylvia as Denise
- Ginette Leclerc as Ginette
- Georges Lannes as Ricardo
- Paul Cambo as Paul Prébant
- Bernard Blier as Le chauffeur de taxi
- Yves Deniaud as Le garçon de cabaret
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, Volume 2. 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.
External links
[edit]- The Gutter at IMDb
Categories:
- 1938 films
- French drama films
- 1938 drama films
- 1930s French-language films
- French black-and-white films
- 1930s French films
- Films directed by Claude Autant-Lara
- French films based on plays
- Sound film remakes of silent films
- Films shot in Normandy
- Films shot at Epinay Studios
- Films scored by Vincent Scotto
- 1930s French film stubs