Madonna of the Sleeping Cars (1928 film)

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  • 1928 (1928)
CountryFrance
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Madonna of the Sleeping Cars (French: La madone des sleepings) is a 1928 French silent film directed by Marco de Gastyne and Maurice Gleize and starring Claude France, Olaf Fjord and Maurice Dekobra. It is an adaptation of Maurice Dekobra's 1925 novel of the same title, which was later turned into a 1955 sound film. [1]

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  1. Goble p.121

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