The Mayor's Dilemma
1939 film
- 23 March 1939 (1939-03-23)
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The Mayor's Dilemma (French: Les otages) is a 1939 French drama film directed by Raymond Bernard and starring Annie Vernay, Saturnin Fabre and Fernand Charpin.[1] [2] It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location in Chézy-sur-Marne.[3] The film's sets were designed by the art directors André Barsacq and Jean Perrier.
Cast
- Annie Vernay as Annie Beaumont
- Saturnin Fabre as Rossignol, le châtelain
- Fernand Charpin as Beaumont, le maire
- Dorville as Rodillar, le braconnier
- Pierre Larquey as Fabien, l'huissier
- Pierre Labry as Rameau, le coiffeur
- Noël Roquevert as Le garde-champêtre
- Palmyre Levasseur as Mme Rossignol
- Georges Douking as Brazoux
- Mady Berry as Maria
- Jean Pâqui as Pierre Rossignol
- Marguerite Pierry as Madame Fabien
- Florian as Le gendarme
- Léon Larive as Le cafetier
- Marcel Pérès as Tartagnac
- Jean Sinoël as Le père Labiche
- Paul Villé as Le chef de gare
References
Bibliography
- Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986.
- Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
- The Mayor's Dilemma at IMDb
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Films directed by Raymond Bernard
- The Little Cafe (1919)
- Le secret de Rosette Lambert (1920)
- Le Miracle des loups (1924)
- The Chess Player (1927)
- Tarakanova (1930)
- Wooden Crosses (1932)
- Les Misérables (1934)
- Lovers and Thieves (1935)
- Anne-Marie (1936)
- The Mayor's Dilemma (1939)
- Love Cavalcade (1940)
- Maya (1949)
- Judgement of God (1952)
- The Lady of the Camellias (1953)
- The Seventh Commandment (1957)
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