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Latin Quarter (1939 film)

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1939 film
Latin Quarter
Directed by
Written by
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byMaurice Serein
Music byC.P. Simon
Production
company
Studio de la Seine
Distributed bySelb-Film
Release date
  • 30 August 1939 (1939-08-30)
Running time101 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Latin Quarter (French: Quartier Latin) is a 1939 French comedy film directed by Christian Chamborant, Pierre Colombier and Alexander Esway and starring Bernard Lancret, Jean Tissier, Blanchette Brunoy and Junie Astor. It was shot at the Courbevoie Studios in Paris and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Gratigny.

Synopsis

A wealthy banker, bored with his life, heads to the Latin Quarter of Paris where he pretends to be a struggling artist. He falls in love with a student from the Sorbonne and moves into the same boarding house as her while continuing his pretence of poverty.

Cast

References

  1. Phillips p.14

Bibliography

  • Phillips, Alastair. City of Darkness, City of Light: Émigré Filmmakers in Paris, 1929-1939. Amsterdam University Press, 2004.

External links

Films directed by Pierre Colombier
Films directed by Alexander Esway


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