The Forsaken (1937 film)

The Forsaken
Directed by	Jacques Séverac
Written by	Jacques Séverac
Based on	Les réprouvés by André Armandy
Produced by	Adolphe Osso
Starring	Jean Servais Janine Crispin Pierre Mingand
Cinematography	André Bac Ernest Bourreaud Christian Matras Amédée Morrin
Music by	Maurice Naggiar
Production company	Hades Films
Distributed by	Union Française de Production Cinématographique
Release date	19 February 1937 (1937-02-19)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

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.[1] It was based on a novel of the same title by André Armandy.[2] 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.

Cast

• Jean Servais as Prieur
• Janine Crispin as Gloriette
• Pierre Mingand as Le lieutenant d'Armançon
• Alexandre Rignault as Faggianelli
• Princesse Kandou as La princesse Fatima el Tlemci
• Yvonne Claudie as La girl
• Raymond Cordy as Badar
• Cosaert as Morin
• Pierre Magnier as Le commandant
• Gina Manès as La chanteuse réaliste
• Gaston Modot as Le patron
• Nino Pavese as Le sergent
• Poussard as Girval
• Georges Térof as Un colon
• François Viguier as Le Syrien

References

1. Bessy & Chirat p.184
2. Goble p.14

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.
• 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.

External links

• The Forsaken at IMDb