Tamara (1938 film)

Tamara
Directed by	Jean Delannoy Félix Gandéra
Written by	Georges André-Cuel (novel) Jean Delannoy Félix Gandéra
Produced by	Félix Gandéra
Starring	Véra Korène Victor Francen Lucas Gridoux
Cinematography	Nicolas Hayer Charles Suin
Edited by	Jean Hénin
Music by	Georges Auric
Production company	Productions Félix Gandéra
Distributed by	Compagnie Française Cinématographique
Release date	17 February 1938 (1938-02-17)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Tamara (French: Tamara la complaisante) is a 1938 French drama film directed by Jean Delannoy and Félix Gandéra and starring Véra Korène, Victor Francen and Lucas Gridoux. ^{[1] [2]} The film's sets were designed by the art directors Lucien Aguettand and Robert Gys.

Synopsis

Fur trader Grigory is in Siberia to marry his fiancée Lydia, but becomes enthralled by Tamara a peasant girl he encounters. He abandons his fiancée and turns to a life of crime.

Cast

• Véra Korène as Tamara
• Victor Francen as Grigory
• Lucas Gridoux as Mossilieff
• Jacques Berlioz as Torkoff
• Régine Poncet as Lydia
• Colette Darfeuil as Pachenka
• Jeanne Marie-Laurent as Maria Fedorovna
• Joë Hamman as Abenkine
• Maxime Fabert as Padiloff
• Camille Bert as Le chef de la police
• Edmond Beauchamp as Borojski
• André Carnège as Simoën

References

1. Rège p.299
2. Crisp p.411

Bibliography

• Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986.
• Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
• Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

• Tamara at IMDb