The Forsaken (1937 film)

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| name = The Forsaken

| image = The Forsaken (1937 film).jpg

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| based_on = Les réprouvés by André Armandy

| writer =Jacques Séverac

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| studio = Hades Films

| distributor = Union Française de Production Cinématographique

| released = {{Film date|1937|02|19|df=y}}

| runtime = 90 minutes

| country = France

| language = French

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The Forsaken (French: Les réprouvés) is a 1937 French war drama film directed by Jacques Séverac and starring Jean Servais, Janine Crispin and Pierre Mingand.Bessy & Chirat p.184 It was based on a novel of the same title by André Armandy.Goble p.14 It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean Lafitte.

Synopsis

A group of Foreign Legion soldiers serving in French North Africa on the edge of the Sahara Desert are attacked by an overwhelming enemy force.

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Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.