Directed by:
Christian-JaqueScreenplay:
Jacques PrévertCinematography:
Marcel LucienCast:
Jean Claudio, Erich von Stroheim, Michel Simon, Robert Le Vigan, Serge Reggiani, Armand Bernard, Marcel Mouloudji, Robert Rollis, René Génin, Pierre Labry (more)Plots(1)
Three university students come together to form a secret society to prepare to leave the America before the outbreak of war. At night after a secret meeting, one of them sees a man disappear behind a wall. When he's sent to the principal's office the next day, he never returns. Then another of them disappears. Where have they gone? After their dream? This famous French film from 1938 was based on Piearre Véry's novel and was awarded the Jean Vigo award at its premiere. The film brings into contrast the mystery of the child world and the demystification of the adult world. (Zlín Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Jean Claudio
France
Best movies:
Moulin Rouge (1952)
Picnic on the Grass (1959)
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes (1975) (series)
Erich von Stroheim
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Greed (1924)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
Michel Simon
Switzerland
Best movies:
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)
The Two of Us (1967)
Robert Le Vigan
France
Best movies:
Behold the Man (1935)
Port of Shadows (1938)
La Bandera (1935)
Serge Reggiani
Italy
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1958)
Marie-October (1959)
The Last Adventure (1967)
Armand Bernard
France
Best movies:
Napoleon (1927)
Berge in Flammen (1931)
Souvenirs perdus (1950)
Marcel Mouloudji
France
Best movies:
Nous sommes tous des assassins (1952)
La Vie d'un honnête homme (1953)
The Bed (1954)
Robert Rollis
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
War of the Buttons (1962)
The Seventh Company Has Been Found (1975)
René Génin
France
Best movies:
The Moment of Truth (1952)
Port of Shadows (1938)
Daybreak (1939)
Pierre Labry
France
Best movies:
Wooden Crosses (1932)
Confessions of a Cheat (1936)
The Devil's Envoys (1942)
Martial Rèbe
France
Best movies:
The Country I Come From (1956)
Port of Shadows (1938)
The Adultress (1953)
Jacques Derives
France
Best movies:
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
La Vie d'un honnête homme (1953)
Albert Malbert
France
Best movies:
Le Corbeau (1943)
Daybreak (1939)
Farewell Mister Grock (1950)
Serge Grave
France
Best movies:
Confessions of a Cheat (1936)
Zouzou (1934)