''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 ...
'' starring
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
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