A Foolish Maiden (1938 film)

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A Foolish Maiden
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Directed by Henri Diamant-Berger
Written by Jean Nohain
Pierre Rocher
Roger Vitrac
Charles de Peyret-Chappuis
Based onA Foolish Maiden by Henry Bataille
Produced by Michael Salkind
Starring Victor Francen
Annie Ducaux
Juliette Faber
Cinematography Nick De Belaieff
Maurice Desfassiaux
Edited by Pierre de Hérain
Music by Michel Michelet
Production
company
Le Film d'Art
Distributed byOpen Art Productions
Release date
  • 24 April 1938 (1938-04-24)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

A Foolish Maiden (French: La vierge folle) is a 1938 French drama film directed by Henri Diamant-Berger and starring Victor Francen, Annie Ducaux and Juliette Faber. [1] [2] It was based on a play of the same title by Henry Bataille which had had previously made into a 1929 silent film A Foolish Maiden . [3] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hugues Laurent and Raymond Druart.

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References

  1. Rège p.564
  2. https://www.unifrance.org/film/39074/la-vierge-folle
  3. Goble p.1005

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