Alert in the Mediterranean

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Alert in the Mediterranean
Alert in the Mediterranean.jpg
Directed by Léo Joannon
Written byLéo Joannon
T.H. Robert
Roger Vitrac
Starring Pierre Fresnay
Nadine Vogel
Rolf Wanka
Cinematography Marcel Lucien
Edited by Louis Devaivre
Music by Michel Michelet
Production
company
Société des Films Vega
Distributed byCompagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique
Release date
1 September 1938
Running time
104 minutes
CountryFrance
Language French

Alert in the Mediterranean (French: Alerte en Méditerranée) is a 1938 French thriller film directed by Léo Joannon and starring Pierre Fresnay, Nadine Vogel and Rolf Wanka. It was the fifth most popular film at the French box office in 1938. [1] It also proved a success in Belgium after being released in Brussels in October 1938.

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The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys.

The following year it was remade in Britain as Hell's Cargo directed by Harold Huth.

Synopsis

After meeting in Tangiers three naval officers, British, French and German, are able to overcome their national antipathy and come to the assistance of a neutral ship in distress.

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  1. Driskell p.207

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