The Foreigner (1931 film)

The Foreigner
Directed byGaston Ravel
Written byGaston Ravel
Based onThe Foreigner by Alexandre Dumas fils
Produced byJean de La Cour
Liddy Hegewald
StarringFernand Fabre
Elvire Popesco
Henri Debain
CinematographyLéonce-Henri Burel
Production
companies
Films Jean de la Cour
Hegewald Film
Distributed byLes Films Osso
Release date
  • 6 February 1931 (1931-02-06)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The Foreigner (French: L'étrangère) is a 1931 French drama film directed by Gaston Ravel and starring Fernand Fabre, Elvire Popesco and Henri Debain.[1] It is based on the 1876 play of the same title by Alexandre Dumas fils.[2] It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Lazare Meerson, Jacques Colombier and Tony Lekain. Separate German (The Stranger) and Italian-language versions were also produced.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Bessy & Chirat p.54
  2. ^ Goble p.137

Bibliography

  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1929-1934. Pygmalion, 1988.
  • 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.

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