The Crew (French: L'Équipage) is a 1935 French war drama film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Annabella, Charles Vanel, Jean Murat and Jean-Pierre Aumont.[1] [2] It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris and on location at an airfield in Mourmelon-le-Petit.[3] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Lucien Aguettand and Lucien Carré. It is also known by the alternative title Flight Into Darkness.
| The Crew | |
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| Directed by | Anatole Litvak |
| Written by | Joseph Kessel Anatole Litvak |
| Based on | The Crew by Joseph Kessel |
| Produced by | Bernard Natan Emile Natan Simon Schiffrin |
| Starring | Annabella Charles Vanel Jean Murat Jean-Pierre Aumont |
| Cinematography | Armand Thirard |
| Edited by | Henri Rust |
| Music by | Arthur Honegger Jean Wiener |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Pathé Consortium Cinéma |
Release date |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
The film is based on the 1923 novel of the same title by Joseph Kessel, which had previously been made into a 1928 French silent film The Crew. Litvak remade his own film as The Woman I Love for his first Hollywood production in 1937.[4]
Synopsis
editIn 1918 during the First World War, a French pilot has an affair with a married woman without realising that she is the wife of one of his colleagues from his new squadron.
Cast
edit- Annabella as Hélène / Denise
- Charles Vanel as Le lieutenant Maury
- Jean Murat as Le capitaine Thélis
- Jean-Pierre Aumont as L'aspirant Jean Herbillon
- Daniel Mendaille as Deschamps
- Raymond Cordy as Mathieu - l'ordonnance
- Suzanne Desprès as Madame Herbillon
- Alexandre Rignault as L'amant de la patronne
- Pierre Labry as Marbot
- Geo Laby as Mézières
- René Bergeron as Fortin
- Jean Heuzé as Berthier
- Roland Toutain as Narbonne - un aviateur
- Yves Forget as Un officier
- Serge Grave as Georges Herbillon
- André Lannes as Officier
- Guy Sloux as Michel
- Jean Davy as Brulard
- Claire Franconnay as La patronne du beuglant
- Raymond Aimos as Le crieur de journaux
- Paul Amiot as Le soldat du 54e
- Vera Baranovskaya as La veuve
- Viviane Romance as Une girl
References
editBibliography
edit- Capua, Michelangelo. Anatole Litvak: The Life and Films. McFarland, 2015.
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Crisp, Colin. French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 1, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2015.
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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