''Stopover in Orly'' (French: ''Escale à Orly'', German: ''Zwischenlandung in Paris'') is a 1955 French-West German

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crime film directed by

Jean Dréville Jean Dréville (20 September 1906 – 5 March 1997) was a French film director. He directed more than 40 films between 1928 and 1969. Selected filmography * '' Autour de L'Argent'' (1928) * ''A Man of Gold'' (1934) * ''The Chess Player'' ( ...

and starring

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Dieter Borsche Albert Eugen Rollomann (25 October 1909 – 5 August 1982), better known as Dieter Borsche, was a German actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1935 and 1981. Since 1944, he suffered from muscle atrophy and had to use a wheelchair ...

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and

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.Bergfelder p.62-63 It was shot at the

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near

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and the

Victorine Studios Victorine Studios (French: Studios de la Victorine) are a film studio in the French city of Nice. They are also known as the Nice Studios. Several small studios have also existed in the city. Originally built in 1921 in an attempt to create a H ...

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

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took place at

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, then the main airport for

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Synopsis

Michèle, an employee at the airport, is in love with American pilot Eddie Miller who regularly flies the route from New York to Paris, but problems arise when he is transferred to the

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route. Meanwhile Michèle's uncle Albert who works in the

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department sets out to tackle a drug trafficking outfit.

Cast

References

Bibliography

* Bergfelder, Tim. ''International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s''. Berghahn Books, 2005. * Körner, Torsten. ''Ein guter Freund: Heinz Rühmann. Biographie''. Aufbau Digital, 2019.

External links

* 1955 films 1955 crime films French crime comedy films German crime comedy films 1955 comedy films 1950s crime comedy films French-language German films West German films 1950s French-language films Films directed by Jean Dréville Films set in Paris Films shot in Paris Films shot at Victorine Studios Films based on German novels French black-and-white films German black-and-white films 1950s French films 1950s German films {{1950s-France-film-stub