The Mayor's Dilemma (French: Les otages) is a 1939 French drama film directed by Raymond Bernard and starring Annie Vernay, Saturnin Fabre and Fernand Charpin.[1] [2] It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location in Chézy-sur-Marne.[3] The film's sets were designed by the art directors André Barsacq and Jean Perrier.

The Mayor's Dilemma
Directed byRaymond Bernard
Written byJean Anouilh
Leo Mittler
Victor Trivas
Produced bySeymour Nebenzal
André Chemel
Ralph Baum
StarringAnnie Vernay
Saturnin Fabre
Fernand Charpin
CinematographyLéon Bellet
Jean Brévignon
Robert Lefebvre
Edited byCharlotte Guilbert
Music byDarius Milhaud
Production
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Distributed byGray-Film
Release date
  • 23 March 1939 (1939-03-23)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Bessy & Chirat p.465
  2. ^ Rège p.86
  3. ^ Siclier, Jacques (5 December 2004). "Les Otages". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 27 February 2024.

Bibliography

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  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. 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.
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