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Gibraltar (1938 Film)
''Gibraltar'' is a 1938 French thriller film directed by Fedor Ozep and starring Viviane Romance, Roger Duchesne, Abel Jacquin and Erich von Stroheim. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris, with location shooting taking place in Gibraltar itself despite the Spanish Civil War being fought across the border.Alberca p.133 The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch. It was later remade in 1964 under the same title. The plot concerns a British officer stationed in Gibraltar who goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of hostile agents. Main cast * Viviane Romance as Mercedes * Roger Duchesne as Robert Jackson * Abel Jacquin as Frank Lloyd * Erich von Stroheim as Marson * Jean Périer as Col. Wilcox * Yvette Lebon as Maud Wilcox * Paulette Pax as Mme. Nichols * André Roanne as Le Lt. Français * Georges Flamant as Maori * Odette Talazac as Angelina, Dresser * Madeleine Suffel as Nelly, Manicurist See also *'' The Sharks of Gibraltar'' (194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fyodor Otsep
Fedor Ozep or Fyodor Otsep (russian: Фёдор Алекса́ндрович О́цеп, ''Fyodor Aleksandrovich Otsep''; February 9, 1895 – June 20, 1949) was a Russian-American film director and screenwriter, born in Moscow. An important early writer on film and film theory, he served as dramaturge for the Mezhrabpomfilm-Rus company and wrote a number of films for directors such as V.I. Pudovkin and Yakov Protazanov before turning to directing in 1926. Ozep was born into a Jewish merchant family in Moscow; his parents Khonon and Basya Otsep owned an umbrella factory. During the production of ''The Living Corpse'' in Germany, he decided to remain and worked throughout Europe during the 1930s, enjoying international acclaim for films including ''The Murderer Dimitri Karamazov'' and '' Amok''. With the advent of World War II he moved to Hollywood but was unable to establish a career there, directing only one film. His last two films were made in Canada. He died of a heart attac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
