''The Corsican Brothers'' (French: ''Frères corses'') is a 1939 French

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directed by Géo Kelber and

Robert Siodmak Robert Siodmak (; 8 August 1900 – 10 March 1973) was a German film director who also worked in the United States. He is best remembered as a thriller specialist and for a series of films noirs he made in the 1940s, such as ''The Killers'' (19 ...

and starring

Jean Aquistapace Jean Aquistapace (1882–1952) was a French actor and opera singer.Blakeway p.197 He appeared in around thirty films during the 1930s and 1940s. Selected filmography * '' Maurin of the Moors'' (1932) * '' The Wonderful Day'' (1932) * '' Madame A ...

Pierre Brasseur Pierre Brasseur (22 December 1905 – 16 August 1972), born Pierre-Albert Espinasse, was a French actor. Biography The son of actors Georges Espinasse and Germaine Brasseur, the latter a cousin of Albert Brasseur; his grandfather, Jules Br ...

and

Lucienne Le Marchand Lucienne Le Marchand (15 November 1908 – 9 February 1992) was a Belgian stage, film and television actress.Goble p.115 Selected filmography * '' Song of Farewell'' (1934) * ''Crime and Punishment'' (1935) * ''The Mysteries of Paris'' (1935) * ...

. https://www.unifrance.org/film/41446/freres-corses It is loosely inspired by the novella of the same title by

Alexandre Dumas Alexandre Dumas (, ; ; born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (), 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas père (where '' '' is French for 'father', to distinguish him from his son Alexandre Dumas fils), was a French writer ...

. Siodmak supervised the production and shot much of the location work in

Corsica Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of ...

Synopsis

The attractive Parisian Gina marries an older Corsican

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, causing turmoil to his twin sons who are both on the receiving end of her advances.

Cast

as Bruno Ferrazi *

as Tonio *

Paul Azaïs Paul François Robert Azaïs (6 May 1902 – 17 November 1974) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1929 and 1966. Selected filmography * ''The Three Masks'' (1929) - Le fils Vescotelli * ''Le défenseur'' (1 ...

as André, le mauvais garçon *

as Gina * Ruth Pally as Maria *

Jean Brochard Jean Brochard (12 March 1893 – 17 June 1972) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1933 and 1966. Selected filmography * '' A Man's Neck'' (1933) - Petit rôle (uncredited) * ''Boubouroche'' (1933) * ''La ...

as Le gendarme * Bruno Clair as Lorenzo *

Jacqueline Daix Jacqueline Daix (1914–1982) was a French film actress.Goble p.1 Selected filmography * ''The Man with a Broken Ear'' (1934) * '' A Day Will Come'' (1934) * ''Merchant of Love'' (1935) * '' The Pont-Biquet Family'' (1935) * ''The Drunkard'' (193 ...

as Laeticia *

Jacques Erwin Jacques Erwin (born Herwin Frédéric Roger Follot; 22 December 1908 – 7 April 1957) was a French film and stage actor. Filmography * 1931: '' Moon Over Morocco'' by Julien Duvivier as Midlock * 1931: '' Tossing Ship'' by Jean de La Cour a ...

as Angelo *

Lucien Gallas Lucien Gallas (March 23, 1904 – May 26, 1967) was a French stage and film actor.Waldman p.165 He was married to the actress Ginette Leclerc. Selected filmography * ''Holiday'' (1931) * ''Billeting Order'' (1932) * '' Little Jacques'' (1934) * ...

as Jérôme, le contrebandier * Zaïa Jollson as Nina *

Raymond Rognoni Raymond Rognoni (Paris, 16 August 1892 – Paris, 26 September 1965) was a French actor and comedian. He worked in the theatre and in film (''Sylvie et le fantôme'', ''Les Enfants du Paradis''), sometimes credited as Rognoni. Biography Rognoni wa ...

as Le curé

References

Bibliography

* Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. ''Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, Volume 2''. Pygmalion, 1986. * Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002. * Greco, Joseph. ''The File on Robert Siodmak in Hollywood, 1941-1951''. Universal-Publishers, 1999. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1939 films French drama films 1939 drama films 1930s French-language films French black-and-white films 1930s French films Films directed by Robert Siodmak Films set in Corsica Films shot in Corsica Films based on The Corsican Brothers {{1930s-France-film-stub