''Southern Mail'' or ''Southern Carrier'' (French: ''Courrier sud'') is a 1937 French
action film
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directed by
Pierre Billon and starring
Pierre Richard-Willm
Pierre Richard-Willm (3 November 1895 – 12 April 1983) was a French stage and film actor during the 1930s and 1940s."Pierre Richard-Willm" aCiné-Ressources Retrieved 1 November 2020.
Biography
Pierre Richard-Willm (originally Alexandre-Pi ...
,
Jany Holt
Jany Holt (born Ruxandra Ecaterina Vladescu Olt, 13 May 1909 – 26 October 2005) was a Romanian-born actress, who worked principally in the French cinema.
Holt married French actor Marcel Dalio in 1936, divorcing in 1939. In 1940, Holt married ...
and
Raymond Aimos
Raymond Aimos (4 February 1889 – 22 August 1944) was a French film actor.Capua p.127
Selected filmography
* '' Accused, Stand Up!'' (1930)
* ''Under the Roofs of Paris'' (1930)
* ''Wooden Crosses'' (1932)
* ''Aces of the Turf'' (1932)
* ''The ...
.
[Goble p.722] It is adapted from the 1929
novel of the same name by
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint-Exupéry, simply known as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (, , ; 29 June 1900 – 31 July 1944), was a French writer, poet, aristocrat, journalist and pioneering aviator. He became a laureate of s ...
.
[de Saint-Exupéry, Antoine (1929) ''Southern Mail''. Translated by Curtis Cate (1972). Mariner Books, ][Parry M. A Symbolic Interpretation of "Courrier Sud" '' The Modern Language Review'', Vol. 69, No. 2 (Apr., 1974), pp. 297-307]
The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
s
André Barsacq and
Léon Barsacq
Léon Barsacq (18 October 1906 – 23 December 1969) was a Russian-born and naturalized French production designer, art director and set decorator. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film '' Th ...
.
Cast
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Pierre Richard-Willm
Pierre Richard-Willm (3 November 1895 – 12 April 1983) was a French stage and film actor during the 1930s and 1940s."Pierre Richard-Willm" aCiné-Ressources Retrieved 1 November 2020.
Biography
Pierre Richard-Willm (originally Alexandre-Pi ...
as Jacques Bernis
*
Jany Holt
Jany Holt (born Ruxandra Ecaterina Vladescu Olt, 13 May 1909 – 26 October 2005) was a Romanian-born actress, who worked principally in the French cinema.
Holt married French actor Marcel Dalio in 1936, divorcing in 1939. In 1940, Holt married ...
as Geneviève
*
Raymond Aimos
Raymond Aimos (4 February 1889 – 22 August 1944) was a French film actor.Capua p.127
Selected filmography
* '' Accused, Stand Up!'' (1930)
* ''Under the Roofs of Paris'' (1930)
* ''Wooden Crosses'' (1932)
* ''Aces of the Turf'' (1932)
* ''The ...
as Le Sergent
*
Alexandre Rignault as Hubert
*
Roger Legris
Roger Legris (3 July 1898 – 22 May 1981) was a French actor.
Selected filmography
* '' On the Streets'' (1933)
* '' The House on the Dune'' (1934)
* ''The Devil in the Bottle'' (1935)
* ''Counsel for Romance'' (1936)
* ''Wells in Flames'' (19 ...
as Le Radio
* as Le Chef d'aéroport de Juby
* as Le Chef d'aéroport de Casablanca
*
Abel Jacquin
Abel Jacquin (1893–1968) was a French actor who appeared in more than thirty films between 1930 and 1956. Jacquin co-directed the 1933 comedy film '' Les deux 'Monsieur' de Madame''. He was also noted for his narration of the 1933 documentary '' ...
as Le Capitaine
* as Le Joailler
*
Henri Crémieux
Henri Crémieux (19 July 1896 – 10 May 1980) was a French actor. He appeared in more than a hundred films between 1930 and 1980.
Selected filmography
External links
*
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1896 births
1980 deaths
Male ac ...
as Le secrétaire
*
Madeleine Milhaud
Madeleine Milhaud Milhaud (22 March 1902 – 17 January 2008) was a French actress and librettist. She was both cousin to and wife of composer Darius Milhaud.
Madeleine Milhaud was born in Paris to Michel and Maria Milhaud. Her father was from ...
as La Patronne de la Pension
*
Odette Talazac
Odette Talazac (1883–1948) was a French film actress.Capua p.129
Talazac was the daughter of tenor Jean-Alexandre Talazac and his wife, the soprano Hélène Fauvelle. She began her career singing in music halls before turning to the theater an ...
as Aubergiste
*
Louis Baron fils
Louis Bouchêne, known as Louis Baron, fils (born Paris 24 December 1870, died Dieppe 30 November 1939), was an actor and singer, who took part in many operettas and comédie-musicales, and was in 30 films between 1929 et 1938. He was the son of ...
as Le Père
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Jacques Baumer as Le Procureur
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Pauline Carton as Mathilde
*
Gabrielle Dorziat as La Mère
*
Marguerite Pierry as Sophie
*
Charles Vanel
Charles-Marie Vanel (21 August 1892 – 15 April 1989) was a French actor and director. During his 76-year film career, which began in 1912, he appeared in more than 200 films and worked with many prominent directors, including Alfred Hitchcock, ...
as Herlin, Ambassadeur
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
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1937 films
Films based on French novels
Adaptations of works by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French aviation films
Pathé films
French black-and-white films
French action films
1930s action films
1930s French films
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