''Miroir'' is a 1947 French film directed by

Raymond Lamy Raymond Lamy (1903–1982) was a French film editor active from the 1930s to the 1970s. He also directed two feature films ''Clodoche'' (1938) and ''Miroir (film), Miroir'' (1947).Rège p.590 He edited a number of films for the director Robert Bre ...

. The film starred

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Plot

''Miroir'' is about a businessman who moonlights as a gangster.

Cast

Production

''Miroir'' was produced by Alcina and Sud-Pacifique Films. The assistant director for the film was Raymond Bailly, the dialogue writer was

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, the screenwriters were

Paul Ollivier François Hilarion Paul Olivari, stage name Paul Ollivier (10 February 1876 - 10 June 1948) was a French film actor. Selected filmography * ''The Phantom of the Moulin Rouge'' (1925) * ''The Queen of Moulin Rouge'' (1926) * ''The Imaginary Voyag ...

and

, the director of photography was

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, the sound engineers were Jean Putel and Jacques Carrère, the cinematographer was Marc Fossard, the production director was Marcel Bryau, the editor was Germaine Artus, the script supervisor was Jacqueline Loir, the production designers were Roland Berthon and

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, the composer was

Maurice Yvain Maurice Yvain (12 February 1891 – 27 July 1965) was a French composer noted for his operettas of the 1920s and 1930s. Some of which were written for Mistinguett, at one time the best-paid female entertainer in the world. In the 1930s and 1940s, ...

, the make-up artist was

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, and the general manager was

Claude Pinoteau Claude Pinoteau (25 May 1925 – 5 October 2012) was a French film director and scriptwriter. Born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts de Seine, Île-de-France, France. He died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, aged 87. (in French) His sister was the actress ...

. The film is in

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and was shot with 35 mm movie film. The aspect ratio of the film was 1.37:1, the Academy ratio. The audio of the film was

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. The duration of the film is 90 minutes. The film was the second French film that Jean Gabin acted in after spending

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in the United States. The film was the first film that

Jacques Sernas Jokūbas Bernardas Šernas (30 July 1925 – 3 July 2015), commonly known as Jacques Sernas and sometimes credited as Jack Sernas, was a Lithuanian-born French actor with an international film career. Biography He was born in Kaunas, Lithuania, ...

acted in. He played a boxer.

Release

''Miroir'' was distributed in France by Les Films de la Pléiade and . The film was distributed internationally by Les Films du Jeudi. The film was released in France on May 2, 1947.

Reception

In France, ''Miroir'' had

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admissions of 1,776,310. In the book ''Jean Gabin: The Actor Who Was France'', Joseph Harriss described ''Miroir'' as a "mediocre gangster movie" and quoted Gabin as saying "I prefer to forget that one." In the book ''Paris In The Dark: Going To The Movies In The City Of Light, 1930–1950'', Eric Smoodin wrote that ''Miroir'' was "among the least favored" films to play at the

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theater. The film was favorably reviewed by Antoine Sire for ''Paris Fait Son Cinéma''.

References

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1947 films Films scored by Maurice Yvain French drama films 1947 drama films French black-and-white films 1940s French films