Crossroads (1938 film)
Crossroads (French: Carrefour) is a 1938 French drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Charles Vanel, Jules Berry and Suzy Prim. It inspired two English-language remakes, the 1940 British film Dead Man's Shoes and Hollywood's Crossroads in 1942.[1]
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| Directed by | Curtis Bernhardt |
| Produced by | Eugène Tucherer |
| Written by | André-Paul Antoine Curtis Bernhardt Lilo Dammert John H. Kafka Robert Liebmann |
| Starring | Charles Vanel Jules Berry Suzy Prim |
| Music by | Paul Dessau |
| Cinematography | Léonce-Henri Burel Georges Régnier Henri Tiquet |
| Edited by | Adolf Lantz |
Production company | B.U.P. Française |
| Distributed by | Les Films de Koster |
Release date | 9 September 1938 |
Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location in the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne and Raymond Gabutti.
Synopsis
A wealthy industrialist is accused in court of being in reality a petty criminal who deserted from the French Army twenty years before during the First World War.
Cast
- Charles Vanel as Roger de Vétheuil
- Jules Berry as Lucien Sarroux
- Suzy Prim as Michèle Allain
- Tania Fédor as Anna de Vétheuil
- Marcelle Géniat as Mme. Pelletier
- Jean Claudio as Paul de Vétheuil
- Annie France as L'entraîneuse
- Pierre Palau as Leduc - le 1er maître-chanteur
- Marcel Melrac as Un gendarme
- Paul Amiot as Le président
- Christian Argentin as Anwalt, l'avocat
- Eddy Debray as Un accusé
- Jean Tissier as L'employé de l'agence de voyage
- Auguste Bovério as Pierre
- Marcel Duhamel as Le domestique
- Gustave Gallet as Le chirurgien
- Denise Kerny as La caissière
- Liliane Lesaffre as La concierge
- Albert Malbert as Le concierge
- Marcel Pérès as Le préposé au tribunal
- Robert Rollis as Un élève
- Otto Wallburg as Le médecin allemand
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References
- Barton p.128
Bibliography
- Ruth Barton. Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman in Film. University Press of Kentucky, 2010.
External links
- Crossroads on IMDb
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