Antonia (1935 film)

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Antonia
Directed by Max Neufeld
Jean Boyer
Written by Melchior Lengyel (play)
Jean Boyer
Produced by Herman Millakowsky
Starring Marcelle Chantal
Fernand Gravey
Josette Day
Cinematography Victor Arménise
Louis Née
Edited by Laslo Benedek
Music by Paul Abraham
Alfred Rode
Production
companies
Les Productions Milo Film
Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont
Release date
  • 25 January 1935 (1935-01-25)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryFrance
Language French

Antonia (French: Antonia, romance hongroise) is a 1935 French musical comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and Max Neufeld and starring Marcelle Chantal, Fernand Gravey and Josette Day. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris. A separate English-language version Temptation was also made. [1]

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The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier.

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  1. Wood p.84

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