''The Exile's Song'' (French: ''Le chant de l'exilé'') is a 1943 French

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directed by

André Hugon André Hugon (17 December 1886 – 22 August 1960) was a French film director, screenwriter and film producer best known for his silent films from 1913 onwards, particularly of the 1920s and into sound. Hugon was born in Algiers in 1886 w ...

and starring

Tino Rossi Constantin "Tino" Rossi (29 April 1907 – 26 September 1983) was a French singer and film actor of Corsican origin. Born in Ajaccio, Corsica, Rossi was gifted with a voice well suited for opera. He became a tenor in the French cabaret style. ...

, Ginette Leclerc and

Aimé Clariond Aimé Clariond (10 May 1894 – 31 December 1959) was a French stage and film actor. Clariond was born in Périgueux, Dordogne, France and died in Paris. Selected filmography * '' The Brothers Karamazov'' (1931) - Ivan Karamazoff * '' Amourous ...

. https://www.unifrance.org/film/37505/le-chant-de-l-exile It was shot at the

Cité Elgé Cité Elgé () were French film studios located in Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in Jan ...

Studios in

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Maurice Bernard. It was produced during the

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Synopsis

In the

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a young man works for his father a

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and

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. He enjoys life and is happily engaged but when he believes he has killed a man, even in self-defence, he flees to

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. There are some struggle to gain work he enlists in the Sahara Pioneers.

Cast

as Ramon Etcheverry * Ginette Leclerc as Dolorès *

as Riedgo * Gaby André as Maria * Lucien Gallas as Jean * Maurice Baquet as Gaspard 'Pas-Béni' * Georges Colin as Carlos Carmossa *

Romuald Joubé Romuald Charles Eugène Gaudens Jean Sylve Joubé (20 June 1876 – 14 September 1949) was a French people, French stage and film actor whose career on the stage and in films lasted approximately thirty years. Career Born in Mazères, Ariè ...

as Pedro Etcheverry *

Jean Toulout Jean Toulout (28 September 1887 – 23 October 1962) was a French film actor who appeared in more than 100 films between 1911 and 1959. Selected filmography * '' La Digue'' (1911) * '' The Mask of Horror'' (1912) * '' The Tenth Symphony'' ...

as Le commandant Renard * Lilia Vetti as Paquita * Alexandre Mihalesco as Ali * René Blancard as Itchoua * Jean-Jacques Delbo as Le complice de Riedgo * Georges Paulais as Le docteur * Albert Gercourt as Manoel * Alexandre Fabry as Le curé * Luis Mariano as Un jeune basque

References

Bibliography

* Powrie, Phil & Cadalanu, Marie. ''The French Film Musical''. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1943 films French drama films 1943 drama films 1940s French-language films Films directed by André Hugon French black-and-white films 1940s French films Films shot at Cité Elgé Studios Films set in Algeria Films set in the Basque Country (autonomous community) {{1940s-France-film-stub