''Alarm in Morocco'' (French: ''Alerte au sud'', Italian: '' Allarme a sud'') is a 1953 French-Italian
adventure film
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directed by
Jean-Devaivre
Jean Devaivre (1912–2004) was a French film director and screenwriter.Rège p.319 Additionally, he worked as a dubbing director, preparing foreign-language films for release in France. The film '' Safe Conduct'' (''Laissez-passer'', 2002) dire ...
and starring
Jean-Claude Pascal
Jean-Claude Villeminot (24 October 1927 – 5 May 1992), better known as Jean-Claude Pascal (), was a French comedian, actor, singer and writer.
Early life
He was born in Paris into a family of wealthy textile manufacturers. His mother, ...
,
Gianna Maria Canale
Gianna Maria Canale (12 September 1927 – 13 February 2009) was an Italian film actress.
Biography
Canale was born in 1927 in Reggio Calabria. In 1947, she competed in the Miss Italia beauty contest, where she was runner-up to Lucia Bo ...
and
Erich von Stroheim
Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim (born Erich Oswald Stroheim; September 22, 1885 – May 12, 1957) was an Austrian-American director, actor and producer, most noted as a film star and avant-garde, visionary director of the silent era. H ...
.
[Lennig p.458-59] Partly shot
on location in
Morocco
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, it was made using the
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process.
Plot
In the south of
French Morocco
The French protectorate in Morocco (french: Protectorat français au Maroc; ar, الحماية الفرنسية في المغرب), also known as French Morocco, was the period of French colonial rule in Morocco between 1912 to 1956. The prote ...
, two members of the
Foreign Legion uncover what they believe to be the testing of a secret weapon.
Cast
*
Jean-Claude Pascal
Jean-Claude Villeminot (24 October 1927 – 5 May 1992), better known as Jean-Claude Pascal (), was a French comedian, actor, singer and writer.
Early life
He was born in Paris into a family of wealthy textile manufacturers. His mother, ...
as Jean Pasqier
*
Gianna Maria Canale
Gianna Maria Canale (12 September 1927 – 13 February 2009) was an Italian film actress.
Biography
Canale was born in 1927 in Reggio Calabria. In 1947, she competed in the Miss Italia beauty contest, where she was runner-up to Lucia Bo ...
as Nathalie Provence
*
Erich von Stroheim
Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim (born Erich Oswald Stroheim; September 22, 1885 – May 12, 1957) was an Austrian-American director, actor and producer, most noted as a film star and avant-garde, visionary director of the silent era. H ...
as Conrad Nagel
*
Jean Tissier
Jean Tissier (1896–1973) was a French stage, film and television actor.Goble p.440 A prolific actor, he had more than two hundred fifty appearances on screen during his career. He was married to the actress Georgette Tissier.
Selected filmograp ...
as Guillaume Provence
*
Albert Dinan
Albert Dinan (27 March 1902 – 3 July 1976) was a French film actor.Goble p.347 He appeared in more than ninety films and television series during his career.
Selected filmography
* ''Bric à Brac et compagnie'' (1932) - Jean Verly
* ''Lunegard ...
as Roland
*
Peter van Eyck as Howard
*
Daniel Sorano
Daniel Sorano (1920–1962) was a French stage and film actor
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as Serge Depoigny
*
Lia Amanda
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Life and career
Born in Rome as Lia Molfesi, Amanda was the daughter of the character actor Mario Molfesi.
She debuted at very young age with her real name in Mario Monicel ...
as Michèle
*
Jean Murat
Jean Murat (13 July 1888, in Périgueux – 5 January 1968, in Aix-en-Provence) was a French actor. He was married to the French actress Annabella.
Selected filmography
* ''Sex'' (1920)
* ''La Galerie des monstres'' (1924), as Sveti
* '' Carme ...
as Le Colonel
*
Daniel Lecourtois
Daniel Lecourtois (25 January 1902 – 16 January 1985) was a French film actor.Hayward p.250 He appeared in more than sixty films and television series during his career. In his later career he often played authority figures.
Partial filmography ...
as Le commandant
*
Simone Bach as Solange
* as Le commissaire
*
Thomy Bourdelle
Thomy Charles Bourdelle (20 April 1891 – 27 June 1972) was a French actor.
Bourdelle was born in Paris and died in Toulon, Var, France.
Selected filmography
*'' Roger la Honte'' (1922)
* '' Surcouf'' (1925)
* '' Jocaste'' (1925)
* ''Jean ...
as Berthier
*
Antoine Balpêtré
Antoine Balpêtré (3 May 1898 – 28 March 1963) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1933 and 1963.
Partial filmography
* '' The Agony of the Eagles'' (1933) - Le commandant Thiéry
* '' The House ...
as Le juge
*
Marcel Pérès
Marcel Pérès (born 15 July 1956, Oran, Algeria) is a French musicologist, composer, choral director and singer, and the founder of the early music group Ensemble Organum. He is an authority on Gregorian and pre-Gregorian chant.
Pérès was ...
as Le général
* as La petite rousse
*
Dario Michaelis
Dario is a masculine given name, etymologically related to Darius.
Given name
*Dario Allevi (born 1965), Italian politician
*Dario Argento (born 1940), Italian film director
*Dario Badinelli (born 1946), Italian triple jumper
*Dario Bellezza (19 ...
as Le balafré
*
Gérard Buhr
Gérard Buhr (8 May 19288 January 1988) was a French film and television actor.
Selected filmography
* ' (1950)
* ''Quai de Grenelle'' (1950) - Petit rôle (uncredited)
* '' Beware of Blondes'' (1950) - Un journaliste (uncredited)
* ''Monte Carl ...
as Bernis
*
*
François Joux
François Joux (born 11 July 1912, date of death unknown) was a French stage and film actor.Paietta p.15
Selected filmography
* ''The Pavilion Burns'' (1941)
* '' The Duchess of Langeais'' (1942)
* '' The Trump Card'' (1942)
* ''Paris Frills'' ( ...
References
Bibliography
* Arthur Lennig. ''Stroheim''. University Press of Kentucky, 2004.
External links
*
1953 films
French adventure thriller films
1950s adventure thriller films
1950s French-language films
Films directed by Jean Devaivre
Films shot in Morocco
Films set in Morocco
Italian adventure thriller films
Films about the French Foreign Legion
Films scored by Joseph Kosma
1950s French films
1950s Italian films
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