Coral Reefs (film)

Coral Reefs
	A poster for the film
Directed by	Maurice Gleize
Written by	Charles Spaak; Jean Martet (novel)
Starring	Jean Gabin ; Michèle Morgan
Music by	Henri Tomasi
Cinematography	Jules Kruger
Edited by	Victor De Fast
Production; company	UFA
Distributed by	L'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne (ACE)
Release date	1 March 1939
Running time	95 min
Country	Germany
Language	French

Coral Reefs (French title: Le Récif de corail) is a 1939 French language motion picture adventure drama directed by Maurice Gleize. The screenplay was written by Charles Spaak, based on novel by Jean Martet. The film stars Jean Gabin, Michèle Morgan, Pierre Renoir and Gina Manès.

It tells the story of a charged innocent Mexican sailor who escapes to a lagoon in the Pacific Ocean. He meets with a lonely girl in the woods, having an affair. However his current gunrunning operation is noticed by an earnest detective.

Plot

In the atmosphere fascinating of the southern continent, all their strengths fight in the seas of the south full of poetry and mystery, Trott and Lilian, wreckages tracked by the police, to win the coral reef, synonymous for them of quietude and new life.

Preservation

Long presumed to be lost, the film was sought after by Serge Bromberg who found a copy at the Yugoslav Film Archive in Belgrade in 2013. The film was then restored in coordination with the Archives françaises du film and re-released.[1]

Main cast

Jean Gabin as Trott Lennard
Michèle Morgan as Lilian White
Saturnin Fabre as Hobson
Gina Manès as Maria
Jenny Burnay as Anna
Julien Carette as Havelock
Louis Florencie as Le capitaine Jolifé
Guillaume de Sax as Springbett
René Bergeron as Jim
Gaston Modot as Le colonel mexicain
Pierre Magnier as Un médecin
Léonce Corne as L'hôtelier de Bridgetown
Yves Deniaud as Le vendeur
Pierre Renoir as Abboy

Notes

Carrière, Christophe; Broussard, Philippe (2009). "Les Aventuriers du Film Perdu" (in French). L'Express. Retrieved 3 March 2014.

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[1] Carrière, Christophe; Broussard, Philippe (2009). "Les Aventuriers du Film Perdu" (in French). L'Express. Retrieved 3 March 2014.