''Widow's Island'' (French: ''L'île des veuves'') is a 1937 French
war
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drama film
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directed by
Claude Heymann
Claude Heymann (13 November 1907 – 13 April 1994) was a French screenwriter and film director.Frey p.78
Selected filmography
* ''American Love (film), American Love'' (1931)
* ''Idylle au Caire'' (1933)
* ''Disk 413'' (1936)
* ''The Brighto ...
and starring
Pierre Renoir,
Marcelle Chantal and
Aimé Clariond.
[Bessy & Chirat p.135] A separate British version of the story ''
A Romance in Flanders
''A Romance in Flanders'' is a 1937 British drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Paul Cavanagh, Marcelle Chantal, Olga Lindo and Alastair Sim. It is set during the First World War with the British Expeditionary Force in Flanders. ...
'' was also produced, with Chantal appearing in both versions.
Synopsis
In the
First World War
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during the Battle of Widow's Island on the
Western Front, a soldier of the
British Army
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Richard Trent is left wounded by his comrade Ralph Berry and is presumed dead. The two men had been competing for the love of Yvonne, who marries Berry. Many years later the couple return for a commemoration of the battle and Yvonne encounters a battlefield
tour guide
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who strongly resembles her former fiancée Trent.
Cast
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Pierre Renoir as Ralph Berry
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Marcelle Chantal as Yvonne Berry
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Aimé Clariond as Richard Trent
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Georges Prieur as Sanders
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Line Noro
Line Noro (22 February 1900 – 4 November 1985) was a French stage actor, stage and film actress.Hayward p.172 During the 1930s she played glamorous, often exotic, women in films such as ''Pépé le Moko''. Between 1945 and 1966 Noro was a membe ...
as Madame Vandemaere
*
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 bill ...
as Le chauffeur
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Gabriel Farguette as La petite Muriel
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Georges Prieur as Sanders
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Paul Velsa
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Arthur Devère
Arthur Devère (; 24 June 1883 – 23 September 1961) was a Belgian film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1913 and 1956.
Selected filmography
* ''L'agent Rigolo et son chien policier'' (1913)
* ''Flup chasseur'' (1920)
* ' ...
*
Jean Dunot
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Pierre Finaly
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Liliane Lesaffre
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.
* Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
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1937 films
French war drama films
1937 drama films
1930s French-language films
1930s war drama films
Films directed by Claude Heymann
French black-and-white films
1930s French films
1937 war films
French-language war drama films
Films set in England
Films set in Flanders
French World War I films
Films scored by Ralph Erwin
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