''The Exile's Song'' (French: ''Le chant de l'exilé'') is a 1943 French

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drama film directed by André Hugon and starring Tino Rossi, Ginette Leclerc and

Aimé Clariond Aimé Clariond (10 May 1894 – 31 December 1959) was a French stage and film actor. Clariond was born in Périgueux, Dordogne, France and died in Paris. Selected filmography * ''The Brothers Karamazov'' (1931) - Ivan Karamazoff * '' Amourous ...

. https://www.unifrance.org/film/37505/le-chant-de-l-exile It was shot at the Cité Elgé Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the

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Maurice Bernard. It was produced during the German Occupation of France.

Synopsis

In the French Basque Country a young man works for his father a fruit and vegetable

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. He enjoys life and is happily engaged but when he believes he has killed a man, even in self-defence, he flees to

French Algeria French Algeria (french: Alger to 1839, then afterwards; unofficially , ar, الجزائر المستعمرة), also known as Colonial Algeria, was the period of French colonisation of Algeria. French rule in the region began in 1830 with the ...

. There are some struggle to gain work he enlists in the Sahara Pioneers.

Cast

* Tino Rossi as Ramon Etcheverry * Ginette Leclerc as Dolorès *

as Riedgo *

Gaby André Gaby André (1920–1972) was a French film actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radi ...

as Maria *

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 Jean *

Maurice Baquet Maurice Louis Baquet (26 May 1911 – 8 July 2005) was a French actor and cellist. He was born in Villefranche-sur-Saône and died in Noisy-le-Grand.Georges Colin Georges Colin (10 March 1880 – 14 January 1945) was a French actor. Selected filmography * ''The Kiddies in the Ruins'' (1918) * ''The Prosecutor Hallers'' (1930) * ''The Train of Suicides'' (1931) * '' The Eaglet'' (1931) * '' End of the Wo ...

as Carlos Carmossa * Romuald Joubé as Pedro Etcheverry * Jean Toulout as Le commandant Renard * Lilia Vetti as Paquita * Alexandre Mihalesco as Ali *

René Blancard René Blancard (12 March 1897 – 5 November 1965) was a French film actor. He appeared in 80 films between 1922 and 1965. Selected filmography * ''The Mysteries of Paris'' (1922) - Bras-Rouge * ''Montmartre'' (1925) - Frédéric Charanço ...

as Itchoua *

Jean-Jacques Delbo Jean-Jacques Delbo (10 January 1909 – 20 May 1996) was a French actor. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1936 to 1990. Filmography References External links * 1909 births 1996 deaths French male film actors {{F ...

as Le complice de Riedgo * Georges Paulais as Le docteur *

Albert Gercourt Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Albert ...

as Manoel *

Alexandre Fabry Alexandre may refer to: * Alexandre (given name) * Alexandre (surname) * Alexandre (film) See also * Alexander Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom o ...

as Le curé *

Luis Mariano Luis Mariano Eusebio González García (13 August 1914 – 14 July 1970), also known as Luis Mariano, was a popular tenor of Spanish origin who achieved celebrity in 1946 with "La belle de Cadix" ("The Beautiful Lady of Cadix") an operetta by ...

as Un jeune basque

References

Bibliography

* Powrie, Phil & Cadalanu, Marie. ''The French Film Musical''. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1943 films French drama films 1943 drama films 1940s French-language films Films directed by André Hugon French black-and-white films 1940s French films Films shot at Cité Elgé Studios Films set in Algeria Films set in the Basque Country (autonomous community) {{1940s-France-film-stub