Gibraltar (1938 film)

Gibraltar
Directed by	Fyodor Otsep
Written by	Ernst Neubach Simon Gantillon Jean Stelli Erich von Stroheim Jacques Companéez Hans Jacoby
Produced by	Gregor Rabinovitch
Starring	Roger Duchesne Viviane Romance Erich von Stroheim
Cinematography	Jacques Mercanton Theodore J. Pahle
Edited by	Georges Friedland
Music by	Paul Dessau
Production companies	Ciné-Alliance DisCina Gloria Film
Distributed by	DisCina
Release date	30 November 1938
Running time	105 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Gibraltar is a 1938 French thriller film directed by Fedor Ozep and starring Viviane Romance, Roger Duchesne, Abel Jacquin and Erich von Stroheim.

It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris, with location shooting taking place in Gibraltar itself despite the Spanish Civil War being fought across the border. The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch.

The plot concerns a British officer stationed in Gibraltar who goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of hostile agents.

Main cast

• Viviane Romance as Mercedes
• Roger Duchesne as Robert Jackson
• Abel Jacquin as Frank Lloyd
• Erich von Stroheim as Marson
• Jean Périer as Col. Wilcox
• Yvette Lebon as Maud Wilcox
• Paulette Pax as Mme. Nichols
• André Roanne as Le Lt. Français
• Georges Flamant as Maori
• Odette Talazac as Angelina, Dresser
• Madeleine Suffel as Nelly, Manicurist

Bibliography

• Julio Ponce Alberca Gibraltar and the Spanish Civil War, 1936-39: Local, National and International Perspectives. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015.

External links

• Gibraltar at IMDb

See also

• The Sharks of Gibraltar (1947)
• Gibraltar (1964)