''The Roaring Forties'' (French: ''Les quarantièmes rugissants'') is a 1982 French
drama film
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directed by
Christian de Chalonge
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Selected filmography
* ''The Wedding Ring (1970 film), T ...
Julie Christie
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and
Michel Serrault
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Life and career
His first professional job was in a touring production in Germany of Molière's '' Les ...
yacht race
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held in 1968–69.
The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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Max Douy
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Selected filmography
* ''The Rules of the Game'' (1939)
* ''There's No Tomorrow'' (1939)
* '' The Trump Card'' (1942)
* '' Goodbye Leonard'' (1943)
* '' Paris Frill ...
. It was partly made at the
Billancourt Studios
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in
Paris
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.
Location shooting
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Julie Christie
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as Catherine Dantec
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Michel Serrault
Michel Serrault (24 January 1928 – 29 July 2007) was a French stage and film actor who appeared from 1954 until 2007 in more than 130 films.
Life and career
His first professional job was in a touring production in Germany of Molière's '' Les ...
Gila von Weitershausen
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as Emilie Dubuisson
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Heinz Weiss
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Eric Raphaël
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