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It Happened in Aden

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It Happened in Aden
Directed byMichel Boisrond
Written byJean Aurel
Michel Boisrond
Constance Colline
Jacques Emmanuel
Based onThe Environs of Aden
by Pierre Benoît
Produced bySimon Barstoff
StarringAndré Luguet
Jacques Dacqmine
Dany Robin
CinematographyMarcel Grignon
Edited byClaudine Bouché
Music byGeorges Van Parys
Production
company
S.B. Films
Distributed byCocinor
Release date
  • 22 August 1956 (1956-08-22)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

It Happened in Aden (French: C'est arrivé à Aden...) is a 1956 French historical comedy film directed by Michel Boisrond and starring André Luguet, Jacques Dacqmine and Dany Robin.[1] It is based on the 1940 novel The Environs of Aden by Pierre Benoît.

The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert.

Synopsis

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In the late nineteenth century, a French theatrical troupe become stranded in the British colony of Aden where the officers of the garrison woo the leading stars. One of them, Albine, attracts the interest of a local Prince there to sign a treaty with the British, leading to his kidnapping her.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Hayward p.399

Bibliography

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  • Hayward, Susan. French Costume Drama of the 1950s: Fashioning Politics in Film. Intellect Books, 2010.
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