Mirages (1938 film)

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Mirages
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Directed by Alexandre Ryder
Written by François Campaux
Based onMirages
by Léopold Marchand
Produced byFrançois Campaux
Starring Arletty
Jeanne Aubert
Michel Simon
Cinematography Léonce-Henri Burel
Music by Vincent Scotto
Production
company
Productions François Campaux
Distributed byCompagnie Générale Cinématographique
Release date
  • 28 January 1938 (1938-01-28)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryFrance
Language French

Mirages (French: Mirages or Si tu m'aimes) is a 1938 French drama film directed by Alexandre Ryder and starring Arletty, Jeanne Aubert and Michel Simon. [1]

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Synopsis

It portrays the romance between a woman emerging as a star at the Folies Bergère in Paris and Pierre, an engineer who goes to work on a project in French Algeria.

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References

  1. The A to Z of French Cinema p.396

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