''Transit Camp'' or ''Temporary Shelter'' (French: ''Camp volant'') is a 1932 French-German

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directed by

Max Reichmann Max Reichmann (1884-1958) was a German film director active during the silent and early sound eras. Before making his own films, Reichmann worked as an assistant director on several E.A. Dupont productions. After graduating to directing, he direc ...

and starring

Ivan Koval-Samborsky Ivan Koval-Samborsky ( Ukrainian: Іван Коваль-Самборський; 16 September 1893 – 10 January 1962) was a Ukrainian stage and film actor. After establishing himself in the Soviet film industry in the 1920s, he briefly went to wor ...

Berthe Ostyn Berthe Ostyn was a German film actress active in the 1930s.Goble p.368 Selected filmography * ''The Night Belongs to Us'' (1929) * '' The Blonde Nightingale'' (1930) * ''The Great Longing'' (1930) * '' The Son of the White Mountain'' (1930) * '' ...

and

Meg Lemonnier Marguerite Gabrielle Lemonnier (née Clark; 15 May 1905 – 12 June 1988) was a British-born French singer and film actress. Lemonnier played the female lead in the comedy ''George and Georgette'' (1933).Prawer p.193 Selected filmography * '' M ...

. It was made as a

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film with each actor speaking in their own language.Neale p.139 It is set amongst the travelling

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community.

Cast

as Marco *

as Lydia *

as Gloria *

Roberto Rey Roberto Rey (15 February 1905 – 30 May 1972) was a Chilean film actor who worked in Spain, appearing in more than fifty films during his career including the 1935 musical '' Paloma Fair''.D'Lugo p.106 Selected filmography * '' A Lucky Man'' ( ...

as Bobby Barnes *

Thomy Bourdelle Thomy Charles Bourdelle (20 April 1891 – 27 June 1972) was a French actor. Bourdelle was born in Paris and died in Toulon, Var, France. Selected filmography *'' Roger la Honte'' (1922) * '' Surcouf'' (1925) * '' Jocaste'' (1925) * ''Jean ...

as Cesare * Lili Ziedner as Esmeralda * Jeannie Luxeuil as Senta *

Lissy Arna Lissy Arna (born Elisabeth Arndt, 20 December 1900 – 22 January 1964) was a German film actress. She appeared in 63 films between 1918 and 1962. She starred in the 1931 film '' The Squeaker'', which was directed by Martin Frič and Karel L ...

* Louis Lavata * Jean Houcke *

Ilona Karolewna ''Ilona'' is a Hungarian female given name, the traditional name of the Queen of the Fairies in Magyar folklore. Its etymology is uncertain. A common theory is that Ilona is cognate with the Greek given name '' Helen''. Diminutive forms include ...

* Barbara La May *

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* Josef Breitbart

References

Bibliography

* Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002. * Neale, Stephen. ''The Classical Hollywood Reader''. Routledge, 2012.

External links

* 1932 films 1932 drama films French drama films German drama films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Max Reichmann Circus films French black-and-white films German black-and-white films 1930s French films 1930s German films {{1930s-France-film-stub