Strange Inheritance (film)
| Strange Inheritance | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Louis Daquin |
| Written by | Marcel Aymé |
| Based on | Strange Inheritance by Georges Simenon |
| Produced by | Robert Chabert Marcel Roux |
| Starring | Assia Noris Jules Berry Gabrielle Dorziat |
| Cinematography | André Thomas |
| Edited by | Suzanne de Troeye |
| Music by | Roger Desormière Jean Wiener |
Production companies | Francinex Consorzio EIA |
| Distributed by | Films Emka CEIAD |
Release date | 8 April 1943 |
Running time | 102 minutes |
| Countries | France Italy |
| Language | French |
Strange Inheritance or The Traveller on All Saints' Day (French: Le voyageur de la Toussaint, Italian: Il viaggiatore d'Ognissanti) is a 1943 French-Italian mystery film directed by Louis Daquin and starring Assia Noris, Jules Berry, Gabrielle Dorziat and Guillaume de Sax.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1941 novel of the same title by Georges Simenon.[2] A young man makes a triumphant return to his hometown of La Rochelle.
The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert.
Cast
- Assia Noris as Colette Mauvoisin
- Jules Berry as Plantel
- Gabrielle Dorziat as Gérardine Éloi
- Guillaume de Sax as Babin
- Jean Desailly as Gilles Mauvoisin
- Simone Valère as Alice Lepart
- Serge Reggiani as Bob Éloi
- Hubert Prélier as Le docteur Sauvaget
- Jacques Castelot as Jean Plantel
- Jean Didier as Le marin
- Martial Rèbe as Lepart
- Eugène Yvernès as Le capitaine du navire
- Mona Dol as Jaja
- Marguerite Ducouret as Madame Rinquet
- Marie-Hélène Dasté as Madame Sauvaget
- Christiane Ribes as Armandine
- Ginette Curtey as Raymonde
- Alexandre Rignault as L'inspecteur Rinquet
- Louis Seigner as Maître Hervineau
- Roger Karl as Pénoux-Rataud
- Guy Decomble as Robert
- René Blancard as Le directeur du théâtre
- Jean Daurand as Un marin
- Clary Monthal as Madame Lepart
- Albert Rémy as L'ivrogne
- Marcel Duhamel as Le juge d'instruction
- Gabrielle Fontan as La vieille aubergiste
- Léon Larive as Le patron du restaurant
- Marguerite de Morlaye as Une invitée du banquet
- Simone Signoret as Extra
References
Bibliography
- Moliterno, Gino. Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
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