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Nitchevo (1936 film)

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Nitchevo
Directed byJacques de Baroncelli
Written by
Starring
CinematographyJean Bachelet
Edited byJean Delannoy
Music byArthur Honegger
Production
company
Mega Films
Release date
  • 18 December 1936 (1936-12-18)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Nitchevo (Russian for "nothing", "ничего" [nʲɪʨɪˈvo]) is a 1936 French drama film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli and starring Harry Baur, Marcelle Chantal and George Rigaud. It is a remake of the 1926 silent film of the same name.[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Serge Piménoff and Georges Wakhévitch

Cast

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Reception

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Writing for Night and Day in 1937, Graham Greene gave the film a mildly poor review, complaining primarily that the film "has a bad story - and a very obscure one". Greene described the film as formulaic in its presentation, however he conceded that "the picture is worth a visit for the final situation in a sunk submarine and for the acting of M. Harry Baur".[2]

References

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  1. ^ Oscherwitz & Higgins p.38
  2. ^ Greene, Graham (4 November 1937). "They Won't Forget/Nitchevo". Night and Day. (reprinted in: Taylor, John Russell, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome. Oxford University Press. pp. 178–179. ISBN 0192812866.)

Bibliography

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  • Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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