Distress (1946 film)

Distress
Directed byRobert-Paul Dagan
Written byRoger Ferdinand
Robert-Paul Dagan
Based onOdette by Victorien Sardou
Produced byMichel Manégat
René Grazi
StarringJules Berry
Jean Mercanton
Gabrielle Dorziat
CinematographyPaul Cotteret
Edited byMaurice Bonin
Music byHenri Verdun
Production
company
Les Moulins d'Or
Distributed byComptoir Français du Film
Release date
  • 22 November 1946 (1946-11-22)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Distress (French: Désarroi) is a 1946 French drama film directed by Robert-Paul Dagan and starring Jules Berry, Jean Mercanton and Gabrielle Dorziat.[1] It is based on the 1881 play Odette by Victorien Sardou.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Roland Quignon.

Synopsis

The day before her wedding Martine discovers that her mother, who she had thought was dead, is an adventuress with a bad reputation who frequents casinos and nightclubs. Her prospective in-laws are horrified by this and want to call the whole wedding off.

Cast

References

  1. ^ https://www.unifrance.org/film/5158/desarroi
  2. ^ Goble p.734

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.


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