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The Foreigner (1931 film)

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The Foreigner
Directed byGaston Ravel
Written byGaston Ravel
Based onThe Foreigner by Alexandre Dumas fils
Produced byJean de La Cour
Liddy Hegewald
StarringFernand Fabre
Elvire Popesco
Henri Debain
CinematographyLéonce-Henri Burel
Production
companies
Films Jean de la Cour
Hegewald Film
Distributed byLes Films Osso
Release date
  • 6 February 1931 (1931-02-06)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The Foreigner (French: L'étrangère) is a 1931 French drama film directed by Gaston Ravel and starring Fernand Fabre, Elvire Popesco and Henri Debain.[1] It is based on the 1876 play of the same title by Alexandre Dumas fils.[2] It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Lazare Meerson, Jacques Colombier and Tony Lekain. Separate German (The Stranger) and Italian-language versions were also produced.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Bessy & Chirat p.54
  2. ^ Goble p.137

Bibliography

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  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1929-1934. Pygmalion, 1988.
  • Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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