The Postmaster's Daughter
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| Directed by | Viktor Tourjansky |
| Written by | Jacques Companéez Carlo Rim T.H. Robert |
| Based on | The Stationmaster by Alexander Pushkin |
| Produced by | Samuel Epstein Herman Millakowsky |
| Starring | Harry Baur Janine Crispin George Rigaud |
| Cinematography | Charles Bauer Robert Lefebvre |
| Edited by | Christian Gaudin Jean Oser |
| Music by | Michel Michelet |
Production company | Les Films Excelsior |
| Distributed by | Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
The Postmaster's Daughter (French: Nostalgie) is a 1938 French historical drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Harry Baur, Janine Crispin and George Rigaud.[1] It is an adaptation of Alexander Pushkin's 1831 short story The Stationmaster.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Serge Piménoff and Georges Wakhévitch.
Cast
[edit]- Harry Baur as Virine, le maitre de poste
- Janine Crispin as Dounia, sa fille
- George Rigaud as Lieutenant André Minsky
- Charles Dechamps as Colonel Raditch
- René Dary as Captain
- Gina Manès as Olga
- Christiane Ribes as Lisa
- Paul Amiot as Le commissaire
- Jean Clarieux as Batman
- Jean Claudio as Boy
- Hugues de Bagratide as Consumer
- Pierre Labry as Stable Boy
- Palmyre Levasseur as Nanny
- Georges Paulais as Merchant
- Marcel Pérès as Manserv
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935–1939. Pygmalion, 1986.
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- 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.
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