Le Corsaire (film)

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Le Corsaire
Directed by Marc Allégret
Written by
Based onthe play by Marcel Achard
Starring
Release date
  • 1939 (1939)
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Le Corsaire ("The Pirate") is an unfinished 1939 French film. It would have marked the screen debut of Louis Jourdan.

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Plot

Some actors put on a play about a pirate, and find themselves encountering similarities from the play in their own lives.

Production

The screenplay was based on a play by Marcel Achard. Charles Boyer returned from Hollywood to appear in the movie which was filmed at Victorine Studios in Nice, August – September 1939. However production ceased on the declaration of war and Boyer returned to America. [1] The film was never completed, although some footage of it was later released. [2]

A documentary about the making of the movie was released in 1995. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Le Corsaire at Louis Jourdan website accessed 20 January 2014
  2. ↑ Le Corsair at A Lost Film
  3. ↑ "Autour du Corsaire" accessed 23 January 2014


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