The Strange Monsieur Victor

The Strange Monsieur Victor (French: L'Étrange Monsieur Victor) is a 1938 French-German drama film directed by Jean Grémillon and starring Raimu, Pierre Blanchar and Madeleine Renaud. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Hunte and Willy Schiller. The film was made by the German major studio Universum Film AG in collaboration with its French subsidiary. It was the thirteenth most popular film at the French box office in 1938.[1]

The Strange Monsieur Victor
Directed byJean Grémillon
Written by
Produced byRaoul Ploquin
Starring
CinematographyWerner Krien
Music byRoland Manuel
Production
companies
  • UFA
  • L'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne
Distributed byL'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne
Release date
  • 4 May 1938 (1938-05-04)
Running time
103 minutes
Countries
  • France
  • Germany
LanguageFrench

Synopsis

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Victor Agardanne, a respectable businessman in Toulon, secretly works as a fence receiving stolen goods. When he is threatened with blackmail over his clandestine activities, he murders the man. He allows an innocent man to be arrested for the crime and be sent to a South American penal colony. When the wronged man escapes from prison, he heads back to Toulon to seek revenge against whoever really committed the murder.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Driskell p.207

Bibliography

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