Pasteur | |
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Directed by | Sacha Guitry Fernand Rivers |
Written by | Sacha Guitry |
Produced by | Maurice Lehmann Fernand Rivers |
Starring | Sacha Guitry Maurice Schutz Gaston Dubosc |
Cinematography | Jean Bachelet |
Edited by | Pierre Schwab |
Music by | Louis Beydts |
Production companies | Productions Maurice Lehmann Les Films Fernand Rivers |
Distributed by | Les Distributeurs Français |
Release date | 20 September 1935 |
Running time | 75 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
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The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. Location shooting took place at the Sorbonne in Paris and around Pasteur's hometown of Arbois in Eastern France.
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