Thirteen Days of Love
{{short description|1935 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Thirteen Days of Love
| image = Thirteen Days of Love.png
| caption =
| director =Louis Valray
| producer =Louis Valray
| based_on =
| writer = Anne Valray
Louis Valray
| narrator =
| starring = Colette Darfeuil
Samson Fainsilber
Simone Renant
| music = Jacqueline Batell
| cinematography = Georges Million
| editing =
| studio =A.V. Films
Les Films Indépendants
| distributor = Cinédis
| released = {{Film date|1935|05|24|df=y}}
| runtime = 83 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
| budget =
| gross =
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Thirteen Days of Love (French: Escale) is a 1935 French drama film directed by Louis Valray and starring Colette Darfeuil, Samson Fainsilber and Simone Renant.Neupert p.205 Bessy & Chirat p.96 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Jacques Krauss and Jean Lafitte.
Synopsis
Jean, a naval officer falls in love with Eva the mistress of a smuggler. However, although she is attracted towards the honourable Jean, she finds herself drawn back into the arms of her lover Dario when the naval officer is away at sea.
Cast
- Colette Darfeuil as Eva
- Samson Fainsilber as Dario
- Simone Renant as Marcelle
- Pierre Nay as Jean
- Serge Arola as René
- Féral Benga as Zama
- Darlo as Zaphiro, le rasta
- Frédéric Mariotti as Giuseppi, le Sicilien
- Parmeline as Hervé, le capitaine
- Sylmia as La chanteuse
- Papin as La commère
- Altiani as Pietri, le colon
- Jacques Jou-Jerville as Le brigadier des douanes
- Dupont as Le juge d'instruction
- Fernande Saala as Suzie
- Suzy Solidor as Chanteuse de 'La Belle Escale'
References
Bibliography
- Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986.
- Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
- Neupert, Richard. French Film History, 1895–1946. University of Wisconsin Pres, 2022.
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0169868}}
Category:1930s French-language films
Category:Films directed by Louis Valray
Category:French black-and-white films
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