Latin Quarter | |
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Edited by | Maurice Serein |
Music by | C.P. Simon |
Production company | Studio de la Seine |
Distributed by | Selb-Film |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
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
- Bernard Lancret as Bernard
- Jean Tissier as Dominique
- Blanchette Brunoy as Michèle
- Junie Astor as Flossie
- Yves Deniaud as Napoléon
- Carine Nelson as Marika
- Jean Daurand as L'Ablette
- Oléo as Liliane
- Raymond Galle a Tancrède
- Edmond Ardisson as Biscoule
- Romain Bouquet as M. Benjamin
- Odette Talazac as La propriétaire
- Anthony Gildès as Le peintre
- Eddy Debray as M. Hervé
- Sylvia Bataille as Sylvia
References
- 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 | |
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Films directed by Alexander Esway | |
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- 1939 films
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- 1930s French-language films
- Films directed by Christian Chamborant
- Films directed by Alexander Esway
- Films directed by Pierre Colombier
- Films set in Paris
- Films about artists
- 1930s French films
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