Endless Horizons
| Endless Horizons | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Jean Dréville |
| Written by | Raymond Caillava |
| Produced by | David Armand Medioni |
| Starring | Giselle Pascal Jean Chevrier René Blancard |
| Cinematography | André Bac |
| Edited by | Gabriel Rongier |
| Music by | René Cloërec |
Production company | Société Nouvelle des Films Dispa |
| Distributed by | Société Nouvelle des Films Dispa |
Release date |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Endless Horizons (French: Horizons sans fin) is a 1953 French drama film directed by Jean Dréville and starring Giselle Pascal, Jean Chevrier and René Blancard. It was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.[1] [2] Location shooting took place at the Enghien Moisselles Airfield. The film's sets were designed by the art director Raymond Gabutti.
Synopsis
[edit]The film is a biopic of the pioneering French aviatrix Hélène Boucher who broke a number of woman's flying records before her death in a crash in 1934.
Cast
[edit]- Giselle Pascal as Hélène Boucher
- Jean Chevrier as André Danet
- René Blancard as René Gaudin
- Paul Frankeur as Soupape
- Maurice Ronet as Marc Caussade
- Marie-France Planeze as Geneviève Gaudin
- Hubert de Malet as Brunel
- Christiane Barry as Jacqueline
- Jacques Bernard as Pigeon
- Lisette Lebon as Jacquotte
- Pierre Trabaud as Pierre Castel
- Marcel André as Dusmesnil
- Micheline Gary
- Guy Derlan as Fougères
- François Joux as 1er actionnaire
- Marcel Josz as 2ème actionnaire
References
[edit]- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Endless Horizons". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 22 August 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
- ^ Bessy & Chirat p.186
Bibliography
[edit]- Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1951-1955. Pygmalion, 1989.
External links
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- 1953 films
- 1953 drama films
- 1950s biographical drama films
- French biographical drama films
- 1950s French-language films
- Films directed by Jean Dréville
- French aviation films
- French black-and-white films
- Films set in 1932
- Films set in 1933
- Films set in 1934
- Biographical films about aviators
- 1950s French films
- Films scored by René Cloërec
- 1950s French film stubs