In the Sun of Marseille

In the Sun of Marseille
Directed by Pierre-Jean Ducis
Produced by Henri Ullmann
Written by Audiffred (operetta)
Marc Cab (operetta)
Charles Tutelier (operetta)
Starring Henri Garat
Mireille Ponsard
Gorlett
Music by Georges Sellers
Cinematography Fred Langenfeld
Production
company
Productions Henri Ullmann
Distributed by Consortium du Film
Release date
4 May 1938
Running time
85 minutes
Country France
Language French

In the Sun of Marseille (French: Au soleil de Marseille) is a 1938 French musical sports film directed by Pierre-Jean Ducis and starring Henri Garat, Mireille Ponsard and Gorlett. It was one of a cluster of films made with southern French settings during the era.[1]

An operetta film, it portrays the lives of a group of football-loving factory workers who travel to Belgium for a match.

The film's sets were designed by Lucien Jaquelux.

Cast

  • Henri Garat as Henri
  • Mireille Ponsard as Mimi Cassis
  • Gorlett as Fenouil
  • Zizi Festerat as Van Meulenbeek
  • Rittche as Sidol
  • Henry as Jef le douanier
  • Mado France as Maricke
  • Henri Vilbert as Marius
  • Charles Lemontier as Le contrôleur
  • Caro Devère as Simone Van Meulenbeek
  • Germaine Sablon as Ginette
  • Fernand Charpin as M. Cassis

References

  1. Crisp p.59

Bibliography

  • Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
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