''Crossroads'' (French: ''Carrefour'') is a 1938 French drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Charles Vanel,

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and

Suzy Prim Suzy Prim (11 October 1896 – 7 July 1991) was a French actress. She was born Suzanne Mariette Arduini in Paris and died in 1991 in Boulogne-Billancourt. She began her screen career as a child actress during the silent era. Selected fil ...

. It inspired two English-language remakes, the 1940 British film '' Dead Man's Shoes'' and

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'' in 1942.Barton p.128 It was shot at the

Billancourt Studios Billancourt Studios was a film studio in Paris which operated between 1922 and 1992. Located in Boulogne-Billancourt, it was one of the leading French studios. It was founded in the silent era by Henri Diamant-Berger. During the Second World War ...

in Paris and on location in the city. The film's sets were designed by the

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Jean d'Eaubonne and

Raymond Gabutti Raymond Gabutti (1908-1985) was a French art director.Turk p.439 Selected filmography * ''Three Waltzes'' (1938) * '' Storm Over Asia'' (1938) * ''Crossroads'' (1938) * '' Children of Paradise'' (1945) * ''The Seventh Door'' (1947) *'' Judicial E ...

Synopsis

A wealthy industrialist is accused in court of being in reality a petty criminal who deserted from the French Army twenty years before during the First World War.

Cast

* Charles Vanel as Roger de Vétheuil *

as Lucien Sarroux *

as Michèle Allain * Tania Fédor as Anna de Vétheuil * Marcelle Géniat as Mme. Pelletier *

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as Paul de Vétheuil *

Annie France Annie France (1915–2012) was a French film actress active during the 1930s and 1940s.Goble p.401 Selected filmography * ''White Cargo'' (1937) * ''Crossroads'' (1938) * ''Fort Dolorès'' (1939) * '' Bécassine'' (1940) * ''Moulin Rouge'' (1940) ...

as L'entraîneuse * Pierre Palau as Leduc - le 1er maître-chanteur *

Marcel Melrac Marcel may refer to: People * Marcel (given name), people with the given name Marcel * Marcel (footballer, born August 1981), Marcel Silva Andrade, Brazilian midfielder * Marcel (footballer, born November 1981), Marcel Augusto Ortolan, Brazilian s ...

as Un gendarme *

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as Le président *

Christian Argentin Christian Robert Pierre Argentin (11 October 1893 – 27 November 1955) was a French stage and film actor. Argentin was born in Elbeuf, Seine-Inférieure (now Seine-Maritime), France and died in Paris. He made his film debut in a 1912 short ...

as Anwalt, l'avocat *

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as Un accusé *

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 L'employé de l'agence de voyage * Auguste Bovério as Pierre *

Marcel Duhamel Marcel Duhamel (16 July 1900 in Paris – 6 March 1977 in Saint-Laurent-du-Var) was a French actor and screenwriter, founder of the Série noire publishing imprint. He played The Foreman in Jean Renoir's 1936 ''The Crime of Monsieur Lange''. In ...

as Le domestique *

Gustave Gallet Gustav, Gustaf or Gustave may refer to: *Gustav (name), a male given name of Old Swedish origin Art, entertainment, and media * ''Primeval'' (film), a 2007 American horror film * ''Gustav'' (film series), a Hungarian series of animated short cart ...

as Le chirurgien *

Denise Kerny Denise may refer to: * Denise (given name), people with the given name ''Denise'' * Denise (computer chip), a video graphics chip from the Amiga computer * "Denise" (song), a 1963 song by Randy & the Rainbows * Denise, Mato Grosso, a municipalit ...

as La caissière *

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as La concierge * Albert Malbert as Le concierge *

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 préposé au tribunal * Robert Rollis as Un élève * Otto Wallburg as Le médecin allemand

References

Bibliography

* Ruth Barton. ''Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman in Film''. University Press of Kentucky, 2010.

External links

* 1938 films French drama films 1938 drama films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Curtis Bernhardt French black-and-white films Films set in Paris Films shot in Paris Films shot at Billancourt Studios 1930s French films {{1930s-France-film-stub