Nile Water
{{short description|1928 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Nile Water
| image =Nile Water.jpg
| caption =
| director = Marcel Vandal
| producer = Louis Aubert
| writer = Pierre Frondaie (novel)
| starring = {{ubl|Jean Murat|Max Maxudian|Lee Parry}}
| cinematography = {{ubl|Michel Bernheim|René Guichard|Armand Thirard}}
| editing =
| studio = Les Films Marcel Vandal et Charles Delac
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1928|10|18|df=yes}}
| runtime =
| country = France
| language = French
| budget =
}}
Nile Water (French: L'eau du Nil) is a 1928 French drama film directed by Marcel Vandal and starring Jean Murat, Max Maxudian and Lee Parry. Originally made as a silent film, it subsequently had a musical soundtrack added to it.Crisp p.103 It was the first French sound film, shot using a system owned by Gaumont. However, the system never took off and American and German technology came to dominate.Kindem p.197
The film's sets were designed by the art director Fernand Delattre.
Main cast
- Jean Murat as Pierre Levannier
- Max Maxudian as Wirsocq
- Lee Parry as Anne Marie
- René Lefèvre as Arthur de Sorgepoix
- Gaston Jacquet as Basil Lescoe
- Anita Labartha as Danseuse
References
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Bibliography
- Crisp, C.G. The Classic French Cinema, 1930-1960. Indiana University Press, 1993.
- Kindem, Gorham Anders. The International Movie Industry. SIU Press, 2000.