The Postmaster's Daughter

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The Postmaster's Daughter
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Directed by Viktor Tourjansky
Written by Jacques Companéez
Carlo Rim
T.H. Robert
Based on The Stationmaster by Alexander Pushkin
Produced bySamuel Epstein
Herman Millakowsky
Starring Harry Baur
Janine Crispin
George Rigaud
Cinematography Charles Bauer
Robert Lefebvre
Edited by Christian Gaudin
Jean Oser
Music by Michel Michelet
Production
company
Les Films Excelsior
Distributed byLux Compagnie Cinématographique de France
Release date
  • 3 March 1938 (1938-03-03)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The Postmaster's Daughter (French: Nostalgie) is a 1938 French historical drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Harry Baur, Janine Crispin and George Rigaud. [1] It is an adaptation of Alexander Pushkin's 1831 short story The Stationmaster . [2] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Serge Piménoff and Georges Wakhévitch.

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  1. Rège p.179
  2. Goble p.378

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