The Postmaster's Daughter

The Postmaster's Daughter
Directed by	Viktor Tourjansky
Written by	Jacques Companéez Carlo Rim T.H. Robert
Based on	The Stationmaster by Alexander Pushkin
Produced by	Samuel 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 by	Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France
Release date	3 March 1938 (1938-03-03)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

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.

Cast

• Harry Baur as Virine, le maitre de poste
• Janine Crispin as Dounia, sa fille
• George Rigaud as Lieutenant André Minsky
• Charles Dechamps as Colonel Raditch
• René Dary as Captain
• Gina Manès as Olga
• Christiane Ribes as Lisa
• Paul Amiot as Le commissaire
• Jean Clarieux as Batman
• Jean Claudio as Boy
• Hugues de Bagratide as Consumer
• Pierre Labry as Stable Boy
• Palmyre Levasseur as Nanny
• Georges Paulais as Merchant
• Marcel Pérès as Manserv

References

1. Rège p.179
2. Goble p.378

Bibliography

• Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935–1939. Pygmalion, 1986.
• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• 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

• The Postmaster's Daughter at IMDb