Sergeant X (1932 film)

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Sergeant X
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Directed by Vladimir Strizhevsky
Written by Ivan Loukach
Vladimir Strizhevsky
Simon Gantillon
Produced by Alexandre Volkoff
Starring Ivan Mozzhukhin
Suzy Vernon
Jean Angelo
Cinematography Georges Clerc
Nikolai Toporkoff
Edited by Léonide Azar
Music by Henri Forterre
René Mercier
Production
company
Gloria Film
Distributed by Les Films Osso
Release date
  • 1 April 1932 (1932-04-01)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryFrance
Language French

Sergeant X (French: Le sergent X) is a 1932 French drama film directed by Vladimir Strizhevsky and starring Ivan Mozzhukhin, Suzy Vernon and Jean Angelo. [1]

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The film's sets were designed by the art directors Alexandre Lochakoff and Vladimir Meingard. Many of those involved with the film's production were Russian emigrants. It was remade under the same title in 1960.

Synopsis

An army officer returns home after being believed dead, only to find that his wife has remarried. In order to spare her feelings he enlists in the French Foreign Legion to serve in North Africa.

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References

  1. Crisp p.394

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