At the End of the World (1934 film)
Appearance
(Redirected from Au bout du monde)
At the End of the World | |
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Directed by | Henri Chomette Gustav Ucicky |
Written by | Henri Chomette |
Based on | Refugees by Gerhard Menzel |
Produced by | Raoul Ploquin Günther Stapenhorst |
Starring | Pierre Blanchar Käthe von Nagy Charles Vanel |
Cinematography | Fritz Arno Wagner |
Edited by | Eduard von Borsody |
Music by | Ernst Erich Buder Herbert Windt |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | L'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Countries | France Germany |
Language | French |
At the End of the World (French: Au bout du monde) is a 1934 French-German drama film directed by Henri Chomette and Gustav Ucicky and starring Pierre Blanchar, Käthe von Nagy and Charles Vanel.[1][2][3] It was made at the Babelsberg Studios of UFA outside Berlin, as the French-language version of the film Refugees (1933). It was co-produced and distributed by L'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne, the French subsidiary of UFA. Käthe von Nagy appeared in both versions, but her male co-start and supporting casts were different.
Synopsis
[edit]French political refugees trying to flee the Soviet Union end up in war-torn Manchuria in Northern China. They try desperately try to make their escape by railway.
Cast
[edit]- Pierre Blanchar as Jean Arnaud
- Käthe von Nagy as Christine Laudy
- Charles Vanel as Geroges Laudy
- Line Noro as Line
- Raymond Cordy as Dédé
- Pierre-Louis as Pierre
- Mady Berry as Marie-Jeanne
- René Bergeron as Malinger
- Raymond Aimos as Le hussard
- Fritz Genschow as Le sibérien
- Andrews Engelmann as Le commissaire russe
- Pierre Piérade as Peuplier
- Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Le Bucheron
- Vera Baranovskaya
References
[edit]- ^ "AU BOUT DU MONDE de (1934) - Unifrance".
- ^ Romani p.178
- ^ Garncarz p.114
Bibliography
[edit]- Garncarz, Joseph . Film Europa Babylon. Richard Boorberg Verlag, 2005.
- Romani, Cinzia . Tainted Goddesses. Da Capo Press, 1992
External links
[edit]Categories:
- 1934 films
- French drama films
- German drama films
- Films of Nazi Germany
- Films directed by Henri Chomette
- Films directed by Gustav Ucicky
- UFA GmbH films
- French multilingual films
- German multilingual films
- French black-and-white films
- German black-and-white films
- 1934 multilingual films
- 1934 drama films
- 1930s German films
- 1930s French films
- 1930s French-language films
- Films critical of communism
- Films about the Soviet Union in the Stalin era
- Rail transport films
- Films shot at Babelsberg Studios
- Films based on German novels
- Films set in China
- 1930s French film stubs