La Loi du Nord
| La Loi du nord | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Jacques Feyder |
| Produced by | Roland Tual |
| Written by |
Jacques Feyder Alexandre Arnoux Charles Spaak Maurice Constantin-Weyer (novel) |
| Starring |
Michèle Morgan Pierre Richard-Willm Charles Vanel |
| Music by | Louis Beydts |
| Cinematography |
Jean Charpentier Roger Hubert |
| Edited by | Roger Spiri-Mercaton |
Production company |
Filmos |
| Distributed by | DisCina |
Release dates | 1939 |
Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
La Loi du nord is a 1939 French adventure drama film directed by Jacques Feyder who co-wrote screenplay with Alexandre Arnoux and Charles Spaak, based on novel "Telle qu'elle était de son vivant" by Maurice Constantin-Weyer. The films stars Michèle Morgan, Pierre Richard-Willm and Charles Vanel. It tells the story of an escaped prisoner, his woman secretary and two guardsmen in the Far North. It competed for the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival.[1]
Plot
Robert Shaw manslaughters his wife's lover and runs away with his secretary Jacqueline. Helped by a French trapper who takes them for film-makers, they hide in Northern Canada. But the corporal Dalrymple discovers their identity and hunts them, until Jacqueline dies exhausted by such a hard expedition.
Cast
- Michèle Morgan as Jacqueline
- Pierre Richard-Willm as Robert Shaw
- Charles Vanel as corporal Dalrymple
- Max Michel as the advocat
- Youcca Troubetzkov as Ellis
- Fabien Loris as Daugh
References
- ↑ "Loi du nord (La)". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
External links
- La Loi du Nord at the British Film Institute's Film and TV Database
- La Loi du Nord at the Internet Movie Database
- La Loi du Nord at AllMovie
- La Loi du nord at DvdToile
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