I Was an Adventuress (1938 film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = I Was an Adventuress
| image = I Was an Adventuress (1938 film).jpg
| caption =
| director = Raymond Bernard
| producer = Gregor Rabinovitch
| writer = {{ubl|Jacques Companéez|Michel Duran|Hans Jacoby|Herbert Juttke}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Edwige Feuillère|Jean Murat|Jean-Max}}
| music = Paul Misraki
| cinematography = {{ubl|Philippe Agostini|Michel Kelber}}
| editing = Charlotte Guilbert
| studio = Ciné-Alliance
| distributor = Les Films Osso
| released = {{Film date|1938|12|21|df=yes}}
| runtime = 103 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
| budget =
| gross =
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I Was an Adventuress (French: J'étais une aventurière) is a 1938 French comedy drama film directed by Raymond Bernard and starring Edwige Feuillère, Jean Murat and Jean-Max. It was remade in 1940 as an American film of the same title. It was part of a growing trend of English-language remakes of major French films.Crisp p.326
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Léon Barsacq and Jean Perrier.
Main cast
- Edwige Feuillère as Véra Vronsky
- Jean Murat as Pierre Glorin
- Jean-Max as Désormeaux
- Guillaume de Sax as Le marquis Koréani
- Félix Oudart as Rutherford
- Milly Mathis as Une paysanne
- André Numès Fils as Le cousin Édouard
- Christian Argentin as Van Kongen
- Mona Goya as Une jeune femme
- Louis Vonelly as Texter
- Jean Tissier as Paulo
- Marguerite Moreno as Tante Émilie
References
Bibliography
- Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0142412}}
Category:French comedy-drama films
Category:1938 comedy-drama films
Category:1930s French-language films
Category:Films directed by Raymond Bernard
Category:French black-and-white films
Category:Films scored by Paul Misraki
Category:French-language comedy-drama films
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