Anne-Marie (film)

Anne-Marie is a 1936 French drama film directed by Raymond Bernard and starring Annabella, Pierre Richard-Willm and Paul Azaïs. If features Annabella as an aspiring young pilot.[1]

Anne-Marie
Directed by	Raymond Bernard
Produced by	P.J. de Venloo
Written by	Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Starring	Annabella Pierre Richard-Willm Paul Azaïs
Music by	Jacques Ibert
Cinematography	Marc Fossard Jules Kruger
Edited by	Raymond Bernard
Production company	Auréa-Films
Distributed by	Auréa-Films
Release date	6 March 1936
Running time	109 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Jean d'Eaubonne and Jean Perrier.

Cast

• Annabella as Anne-Marie
• Pierre Richard-Willm as L'inventeur
• Paul Azaïs as Le boxeur
• Pierre Labry as Le paysan
• Abel Jacquin as Le détective
• Christian Gérard as L'amoureux
• Jean Murat as Le penseur
• André Carnège as Le général
• Enrico Glori as Un homme d'affaires
• Odette Talazac as La bonne

Reception

Writing for The Spectator in 1936, Graham Greene gave the film a mildly good review, describing it as "silly but with some amiable qualities". Commenting that "there is very little to be said for this odd plot", and suggesting that "there is no discoverable theme", Greene nevertheless praised Saint-Exupéry's scenario writing and concluded that "it is chiefly worth seeing for [its] exciting and beautifully directed melodramatic climax".[2]

References

1. Driskell p.97-98
2. Greene, Graham (8 May 1936). "Anne-Marie/Tudor Rose". The Spectator. (reprinted in: John Russel, Taylor, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome. p. 73. ISBN 0192812866.)

Bibliography

• Jonathan Driskell. The French Screen Goddess: Film Stardom and the Modern Woman in 1930s France. I.B.Tauris, 2015.

External links

• Anne-Marie on IMDb