''Cristobal's Gold'' (French: ''L'or du Cristobal'') is a 1940 French
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Jean Stelli and
Jacques Becker
Jacques Becker (; 15 September 1906 – 21 February 1960) was a French film director and screenwriter. His films, made during the 1940s and 1950s, encompassed a wide variety of genres, and they were admired by some of the filmmakers who led th ...
and starring
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, ...
,
Conchita Montenegro and
Albert Préjean
Albert Préjean (27 October 1894 in Paris – 1 November 1979 in Paris) was a French actor, primarily in film. He served in World War I, and was decorated with the Croix de Guerre and the Legion d'honneur. With Lysiane Rey, he was the ...
.
Jean Renoir helped the original director, Jacques Becker, prepare the film and worked on the script, before Becker quit after three weeks and was replaced by Jean Stelli.
[Durgnat p.213] The film is based on a novel by
Albert t'Serstevens
Albert t'Serstevens (born Brussels, Belgium; 1886-1974) was a Belgian novelist who settled in France in 1910. In 1937 he gained French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
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** French la ...
. It was shot at the
Boulogne Studios in
Paris
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and the
Victorine Studios in
Nice
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with
location shooting
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The filming location may be the same in which the story is set (for e ...
taking place around
Villefranche-sur-Mer
Villefranche-sur-Mer (, ; oc, Vilafranca de Mar ; it, Villafranca Marittima ) is a resort town in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the French Riviera and is located south-west of the Principality of ...
. The film's sets were designed by the
art director Eugène Lourié.
Cast
*
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 Le Coronel, le chef de la police
*
Conchita Montenegro as La Rubia
*
Albert Préjean
Albert Préjean (27 October 1894 in Paris – 1 November 1979 in Paris) was a French actor, primarily in film. He served in World War I, and was decorated with the Croix de Guerre and the Legion d'honneur. With Lysiane Rey, he was the ...
as Dupuy
*
Jim Gérald
Jim Gérald (4 July 1889 – 2 July 1958) was a French actor.
Gérald was born Gérald Ernest Cuénod in Paris. He died in Paris in 1958.
Selected filmography
* ''La légende de soeur Béatrix'' (1923) - Un soudard
* '' The Imaginary Voyage ...
as Un pirate
*
Dita Parlo
Dita Parlo (born Grethe Gerda Kornstädt or Gerda Olga Justine Kornstädt; 4 September 1908 – 12 December 1971) was a German film actress.
Early life and career
Dita Parlo was born on 4 September 1908 in Stettin, Pomerania, then in the ...
as Lisbeth
*
Guillaume de Sax as Le capitaine
*
Georges Péclet
Prosper Désiré "Georges" Péclet (27 July 1897 – 11 January 1974) was a French actor, director, and screenwriter.
Career
Between 1919 and 1957, Péclet played in ninety-five films (including several short films). He was an assistant director ...
as Philippe
*
Roger Legris as Le râleur
*
Jacques Tarride as Le médecin
*
Jean Heuzé as Le lieutenant Saunier
*
Léon Larive
Léon François Larive (28 June 1886 – 20 July 1961) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1923 and 1961.
Selected filmography
* '' Two Timid Souls'' (1928)
* '' The Great Passion'' (1928)
* '' La Passion de ...
as Le cuistot
*
Frédéric Mariotti
Frédéric Mariotti (1 April 1883 – 22 February 1971) was a French stage and film actor whose career spanned more than four decades through the early silent film era into the early 1950s.
Biography
Frédéric Mariotti was born in Marseille an ...
as Un marin
* Tony Murcie as Kériadec
*
Louis Robert as Un marin
* Paul Temps as L'ingénieur
References
Bibliography
* Durgnat, Raymond. ''Jean Renoir''. University of California Press, 1974.
External links
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1940 films
1940 drama films
French black-and-white films
French drama films
1940s French-language films
Films based on Belgian novels
Films directed by Jacques Becker
Films directed by Jean Stelli
Seafaring films
1940s French films
Films shot at Boulogne Studios
Films shot at Victorine Studios
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