Jump to content

Double Crime in the Maginot Line

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Double Crime in the Maginot Line
Directed byFélix Gandéra
Written byRobert Bibal
Félix Gandéra
Based onDouble Crime in the Maginot Line by Pierre Nord
Produced byFélix Gandéra
StarringVictor Francen
Véra Korène
Jacques Baumer
CinematographyNicolas Hayer
Marcel Villet
Edited byEliane Bensdorp
Music byJean Lenoir
Production
company
Productions Félix Gandéra
Distributed byCompagnie Française Cinématographique
Release date
  • 24 September 1937 (1937-09-24)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Double Crime in the Maginot Line (French: Double crime sur la ligne Maginot) is a 1937 mystery crime film directed by Félix Gandéra and starring Victor Francen, Véra Korène and Jacques Baumer.[1][2] It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. The film was based on the 1936 novel of the same title by Pierre Nord. It was a popular success, partly due to increasing concerns about a future war with Nazi Germany.[3]

Synopsis

[edit]

While serving in the Maginot Line, the great fortifications along the border with Germany designed to deter an invasion, Captain Bruchot quarrels with his superior Commandant D'Espinac. When D'Espinac is murdered the next day Bruchot is the obvious suspect. He works to clear his name with the investigation officer Inspector Finois. It appears that only three other men could possibly have committed the crime, one of whom may be a German secret agent.

Cast

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Crisp p.181
  2. ^ Nowell-Smith p.345
  3. ^ Turk p.75

Bibliography

[edit]
  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986.
  • Crisp, Colin. French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 1, 1929–1939. Indiana University Press, 2015.
  • Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey. The Oxford History of World Cinema. Oxford University Press, 1996.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
  • Turk, Edward Baron . Child of Paradise: Marcel Carné and the Golden Age of French Cinema. Harvard University Press, 1989.
[edit]