In the Sun of Marseille

In the Sun of Marseille
Directed by	Pierre-Jean Ducis
Written by	Audiffred (operetta) Marc Cab (operetta) Charles Tutelier (operetta)
Produced by	Henri Ullmann
Starring	Henri Garat Mireille Ponsard Gorlett
Cinematography	Fred Langenfeld
Music by	Georges Sellers
Production company	Productions Henri Ullmann
Distributed by	Consortium du Film
Release date	4 May 1938 (1938-05-04)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

In the Sun of Marseille (French: Au soleil de Marseille) is a 1938 French musical sports film directed by Pierre-Jean Ducis and starring Henri Garat, Mireille Ponsard and Gorlett. It was one of a cluster of films made with southern French settings during the era. ^[1]

An operetta film, it portrays the lives of a group of football-loving factory workers who travel to Belgium for a match.

The film's sets were designed by Lucien Jaquelux.

Cast

• Henri Garat as Henri
• Mireille Ponsard as Mimi Cassis
• Gorlett as Fenouil
• Zizi Festerat as Van Meulenbeek
• Rittche as Sidol
• Henry as Jef le douanier
• Mado France as Maricke
• Henri Vilbert as Marius
• Charles Lemontier as Le contrôleur
• Caro Devère as Simone Van Meulenbeek
• Germaine Sablon as Ginette
• Fernand Charpin as M. Cassis

References

1. Crisp p.59

Bibliography

• Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.

External links

• In the Sun of Marseille at IMDb