''In the Sun of Marseille'' (French: ''Au soleil de Marseille'') is a 1938 French

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directed by

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and starring

Henri Garat Henri Garat (born ''Henri Garascu''; 3 April 1902 in Paris – 13 August 1959) was a French actor and singer of Romanian origin.(French) "Du Temps Des Cerises Aux Feuilles Mortes" Selected filmography *''The Road to Paradise'' (1930) *''Our Maste ...

Mireille Ponsard Mireille () is a French given name, derived from the Provençal Occitan name '' Mirèio'' (or ''Mirèlha'' in the classical norm of Occitan, ). It could be related to the Occitan verb ''mirar'' "to look, to admire" or to the given names ''Miriam' ...

and Gorlett. It was one of a cluster of films made with southern French settings during the era.Crisp p.59 An

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, it portrays the lives of a group of

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-loving

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workers who travel to

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for a match. The film's sets were designed by Lucien Jaquelux.

Cast

as Henri *

as Mimi Cassis * Gorlett as Fenouil * Zizi Festerat as Van Meulenbeek * Rittche as Sidol * Henry as Jef le douanier * Mado France as Maricke *

Henri Vilbert Henri Vilbert (6 April 1904 – 20 April 1997) was a French actor. He appeared in more than a hundred films from 1921 to 1982. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vilbert, Henri 1904 births 1997 deaths 20th- ...

as Marius *

Charles Lemontier Charles Lemontier (1894–1965) was a French film actor.Aping p.76 Selected filmography * ''Street Without a Name'' (1934) * ''Judex'' (1934) * ''Crime and Punishment'' (1935) * '' Rigolboche'' (1936) * '' You Can't Fool Antoinette'' (1936) * '' ...

as Le contrôleur * Caro Devère as Simone Van Meulenbeek *

Germaine Sablon Germaine Sablon (19 July 1899 at Le Perreux-sur-Marne – 17 April 1985 at Saint-Raphael) was a French singer, film actress and a WWII French Resistance fighter. She starred in some 15 films between 1920 and 1956. Biography Germaine Sablon ...

as Ginette *

Fernand Charpin Fernand Charpin (30 May 1887 – 6 November 1944) was a French actor. He is known for his role as Honoré Panisse in Marcel Pagnol's Marseille trilogy, beginning with '' Marius'' in 1931. Selected filmography * '' Marius'' (1931) * '' Fanny'' ( ...

as M. Cassis

References

Bibliography

* Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002.

External links

* 1938 musical films French musical films 1930s sports films 1938 films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Pierre-Jean Ducis Films set in Marseille Operetta films French association football films French black-and-white films 1930s French films {{sport-film-stub