Pamela (film)

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| name = Pamela

| image =File:Pamela (film).jpg

| caption =

| director = Pierre de Hérain

| producer = Camille Trachimel

|based_on = Pamela by Victorien Sardou

| writer = Pierre Lestringuez

| starring = Fernand Gravey
Renée Saint-Cyr
Georges Marchal

| music = Maurice Thiriet

| cinematography = René Gaveau

| editing = Henriette Wurtzer

| studio = Films Camille Trachimel
Société Parisienne de Cinéma

| distributor = Les Films Minerva

| released = {{Film date|1945|05|02|df=yes}}

| runtime = 109 minutes

| country = France

| language = French

| budget =

| gross =

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Pamela (French: Paméla) is a 1945 French historical drama film directed by Pierre de Hérain and starring Fernand Gravey, Renée Saint-Cyr and Georges Marchal.Goble p.901

It is based on an 1898 play of the same title by Victorien Sardou which portrays an attempt to rescue the young Louis XVII from prison during the French Revolution. The film's sets were designed by the art director Roland Quignon. It recorded admissions in France of 1,649,882.[http://translate.google.com.au/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.boxofficestory.com/&prev=search French box office figures for 1945] at Box Office Story

Synopsis

In Paris during the revolutionary Directory period a scheme is hatched to rescue the young son and heir of the executed French king. Pamela, owner of a fashion house, is one of they participants while the powerful Paul Barras turns a blind eye to the conspiracy for reasons of his own.