''The Forsaken'' (French:'' Les réprouvés'') is a 1937 French war

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directed by

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and starring Jean Servais,

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and

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. It was based on a novel of the same title by André Armandy.Goble p.14 It was shot at the

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Jean Lafitte.

Synopsis

A group of Foreign Legion soldiers serving in

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on the edge of the Sahara Desert are attacked by an overwhelming enemy force.

Cast

* Jean Servais as Prieur *

as Gloriette *

as Le lieutenant d'Armançon * Alexandre Rignault as Faggianelli *

Princesse Kandou Princesse (French 'princess') may refer to: *"Princesse", single hit for Julie Zenatti *Princesse (Nekfeu song) *La Princesse 15-metre (50-foot) mechanical spider designed and operated by French performance art company La Machine. See also *Princ ...

as La princesse Fatima el Tlemci * Yvonne Claudie as La girl *

Raymond Cordy Raymond Cordy (9 December 1898 – 23 April 1956) was a French film actor,Youngkin p.466 born Raymond Cordiaux. He appeared in over a hundred and thirty films during his career. Selected filmography * ''Little Lise'' (1930) - Un joueur de billa ...

as Badar * Cosaert as Morin * Pierre Magnier as Le commandant *

Gina Manès Gina Manès (born Blanche Moulin; 7 April 1893 – 6 September 1989) was a French film actress and a major star of French silent cinema. After an early appearance in a Louis Feuillade film, she had significant roles in films of Germaine Dulac and ...

as La chanteuse réaliste *

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as Le patron *

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as Le sergent * Poussard as Girval *

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as Un colon *

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as Le Syrien

References

Bibliography

* Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. ''Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939''. Pygmalion, 1986. * Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002. * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1937 films French drama films 1937 drama films 1937 war films French war films Films set in North Africa 1930s French-language films French black-and-white films 1930s French films Films directed by Jacques Séverac Films based on French novels Films shot at Victorine Studios Films about the French Foreign Legion {{1930s-France-film-stub