Stormy Waters (1941 film)
Remorques Stormy Waters | |
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Directed by | Jean Grémillon |
Written by | Jacques Prévert (scenario & dialogue) André Cayatte (adaptation) |
Starring | Jean Gabin Madeleine Renaud Michèle Morgan |
Cinematography | Armand Thirard |
Edited by | Yvonne Martin |
Music by | Alexis Roland-Manuel |
Production companies | MAIC Sedis |
Distributed by | Films Sonores Tobis Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (US) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Remorques (English title: Stormy Waters) is a 1941 French drama film directed by Jean Grémillon. The screenplay was written by Jacques Prévert (scenario and dialogue) and André Cayatte (adaptation), based on the novel by Roger Vercel. The film stars Jean Gabin, Madeleine Renaud and Michèle Morgan.[1]
It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location around Finistère in Britanny including at Brest. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alexandre Trauner. It was distributed in France by the Paris subsidiary of the German Tobis Film company. After the Second World War it was given an American release by MGM.
Plot
A tugboat captain indulges a love affair with a married woman, despite having a seriously ill wife in a small ocean front town.
Cast
- Jean Gabin as Captain André Laurent
- Madeleine Renaud as Yvonne Laurent
- Michèle Morgan as Catherine
- Charles Blavette as Gabriel Tanguy
- Jean Marchat as Marc, captain of the 'Mirva'
- Nane Germon as Renée Tanguy
- Jean Dasté as Le radio
- René Bergeron as Georges
- Henri Poupon as Le docteur Maulette
- Anne Laurens as Marie Poubennec
- Marcel Pérès as Le Meur
- Marcel Duhamel as Pierre Poubennec
- Henri Pons as Roger
- Sinoël as L'armateur
- Fernand Ledouxas Kerlo, the boatswain
References
- ^ "Stormy Waters". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
External links
- Remorques at Films de France
- Stormy Waters at IMDb
- Stormy Waters at AllMovie
- Remorques at FilmCan
- 1941 films
- 1940s romantic drama films
- Adultery in films
- Films directed by Jean Grémillon
- French romantic drama films
- French films
- French-language films
- Seafaring films
- Films with screenplays by Jacques Prévert
- French black-and-white films
- Tobis Film films
- Films shot at Billancourt Studios
- Films shot in France
- Films set in France
- 1941 drama films
- 1940s French film stubs
- Romantic drama film stubs