Le Corsaire (film)

Le Corsaire
Directed by Marc Allégret
Written by Marc Allégret
Marcel Achard
Based on the play by Marcel Achard
Starring Michèle Alfa
Marcel André
Charles Boyer
Louis Jourdan
Release dates
1939
Country France
Language French

Le Corsaire ("The Pirate") is an unfinished 1939 French film. It marked the screen debut of Louis Jourdan.

Plot

Some actors put on a play about a pirate, and find themselves encountering similarities from the play in their own lives.

Production

Charles Boyer returned from Hollywood to appear in the movie which was filmed at Studios de la Victorine, Nice, August - September 1939. However production ceased on the declaration of war and Boyer returned to America.[1] The film was never completed, although some footage of it was later released.[2]

A documentary about the making of the movie was released in 1995.[3]

References

  1. Le Corsaire at Louis Jourdan website accesse 20 January 2014
  2. Le Corsair at A Lost Film
  3. "Autour du Corsaire" accessed 23 January 2014

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