''Street of Shadows'' (french: Mademoiselle Docteur or ) is a 1937 French
spy film directed by
G. W. Pabst.
An English-language version with exactly the same plot was filmed at the same time under the direction of
Edmond T. Gréville, but with some changes in the cast.
Dita Parlo remained as Mademoiselle Docteur, but
Erich von Stroheim
Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim (born Erich Oswald Stroheim; September 22, 1885 – May 12, 1957) was an Austrian-American director, actor and producer, most noted as a film star and avant-garde, visionary director of the silent era. H ...
took over the part of the German spy chief. The English-language version was released in the United States under the title ''
Under Secret Orders''.
It was shot at the
Joinville Studios in
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...
. The film's sets were designed by the
art directors
Robert Hubert
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Great Fire of London
Between 2 and 6 September 1666, a major fire broke out ...
and
Serge Piménoff
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Selected filmography
* '' Nights of Princes'' (1930)
* '' The Unknown Singer'' (1931)
* '' Sailor's Song ...
.
Cast
*
Pierre Blanchar as Grégor Courdane
*
Dita Parlo as Mademoiselle Docteur
*
Pierre Fresnay
Pierre Fresnay (4 April 1897 – 9 January 1975) was a French stage and film actor.
Biography
Born Pierre Jules Louis Laudenbach, he was encouraged by his uncle, actor Claude Garry, to pursue a career in theater and film. He joined the company a ...
as Le capitaine Georges Carrère
*
Roger Karl as Le colonel Bourget
*
Viviane Romance as Gaby
*
Jean-Louis Barrault
Jean-Louis Bernard Barrault (; 8 September 1910 – 22 January 1994) was a French actor, director and mime artist who worked on both screen and stage.
Biography
Barrault was born in Le Vésinet in France in 1910. His father was 'a Burgund ...
as Le client fou
* Marcel Lupovici as Alexandre
*
Gaston Modot as Le patron du café
*
Robert Manuel as Un invité au consulat
*
Ernest Ferny as Le capitaine Louvier
*
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 W ...
as Le major Jacquart
*
Georges Péclet
Prosper Désiré "Georges" Péclet (27 July 1897 – 11 January 1974) was a French actor, director, and screenwriter.
Career
Between 1919 and 1957, Péclet played in ninety-five films (including several short films). He was an assistant director ...
as Gregorieff
*
Jacques Henley
Jacques Henley (born Jacques Dhote) was a French actor.
Selected filmography
* '' Our Masters, the Servants'' (1930)
* '' The Mystery of the Villa Rose'' (1930)
* ''The Threepenny Opera'' (1931)
* '' The Yellow Dog'' (1932)
* '' The Regiment's Ch ...
as Le consul des États-Unis
*
Charles Dullin
Charles Dullin (; 8 May 1885 – 11 December 1949) was a French actor, theater manager and director.
Career
Dullin began his career as an actor in melodrama:185 In 1908, he started his first troupe with Saturnin Fabre, the ''Théâtre de Foire ...
as Mathésius
*
Louis Jouvet as Simonis
Cast notes:
*
Edward Lexy appears in a small part.
See also
*Other films about the spy known as "Mademoiselle Docteur" or "
Fräulein Doktor":
** ''
Stamboul Quest'' – 1934 American film starring
Myrna Loy
** ''Mademoiselle Doctor'' (also known as ''
Under Secret Orders'') – 1937 English film directed by
Edmond T. Gréville, an English version of ''Street of Shadows'', shot at the same time, but with some cast changes.
[Thames, Stephanie]
"Stamboul Quest (1934)" (article)
on TCM.com
** ''
Fräulein Doktor'' – 1969 film, an Italian/Yugoslavian co-production
References
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1937 films
1937 drama films
1930s spy drama films
1930s French-language films
1937 multilingual films
French black-and-white films
Films directed by G. W. Pabst
French spy drama films
World War I spy films
French multilingual films
Pathé films
Films scored by Casimir Oberfeld
Films set in Thessaloniki
Films shot at Joinville Studios
1930s French films