''The Environs of Aden'' (French: ''Les Environs d'Aden'') is a 1940 adventure novel by the French writer Pierre Benoit.Engler p.155

Film adaptation

In 1956 it was turned into a film ''

It Happened in Aden ''It Happened in Aden'' (French: ''C'est arrivé à Aden...'') is a 1956 French historical comedy film directed by Michel Boisrond and starring André Luguet, Jacques Dacqmine and Dany Robin.Hayward p.399 It is based on the 1940 novel '' The E ...

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Dany Robin Dany Robin (; 14 April, 1927 – 25 May, 1995) was a French actress of the 1950s and the 1960s. Career Robin was born Danielle Robin in Clamart. She performed with Peter Sellers in ''The Waltz of the Toreadors'', and co-starred opposite Kirk Do ...

and

Jacques Dacqmine Jacques Dacqmine (1923–2010) was a French stage, film and television actor.Hayward p.242 He was married four times, including to the actress Odile Versois. Partial filmography * ''Premier rendez-vous'' (1941) - Un élève du collège (uncredi ...

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Engler, Winfried. ''The French Novel, from Eighteen Hundred to the Present''. Ungar, 1969. 1940 novels Novels by Pierre Benoit French novels adapted into films Novels set in the Middle East Éditions Albin Michel books {{1940s-adventure-novel-stub