''Cristobal's Gold'' (French: ''L'or du Cristobal'') is a 1940 French

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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: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French la ...

. It was shot at the Boulogne Studios in

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and the Victorine Studios in

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with

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taking place around

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. The film's sets were designed by the art director Eugène Lourié.

Cast

as Le Coronel, le chef de la police * Conchita Montenegro as La Rubia *

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

* 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 {{1940s-France-film-stub