Latin Quarter (1939 film)

Latin Quarter
Directed by	Christian Chamborant Pierre Colombier Alexander Esway
Written by	Maurice Dekobra Pierre Lestringuez
Starring	Bernard Lancret Jean Tissier Blanchette Brunoy Junie Astor
Cinematography	Marcel Grignon Enzo Riccioni
Edited by	Maurice Serein
Music by	C.P. Simon
Production company	Studio de la Seine
Distributed by	Selb-Film
Release date	30 August 1939 (1939-08-30)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Latin Quarter (French: Quartier Latin) is a 1939 French comedy film directed by Christian Chamborant, Pierre Colombier and Alexander Esway and starring Bernard Lancret, Jean Tissier, Blanchette Brunoy and Junie Astor. It was shot at the Courbevoie Studios in Paris and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Gratigny.

Synopsis

A wealthy banker, bored with his life, heads to the Latin Quarter of Paris where he pretends to be a struggling artist. He falls in love with a student from the Sorbonne and moves into the same boarding house as her while continuing his pretence of poverty.

Cast

• Bernard Lancret as Bernard
• Jean Tissier as Dominique
• Blanchette Brunoy as Michèle
• Junie Astor as Flossie
• Yves Deniaud as Napoléon
• Carine Nelson as Marika
• Jean Daurand as L'Ablette
• Oléo as Liliane
• Raymond Galle a Tancrède
• Edmond Ardisson as Biscoule
• Romain Bouquet as M. Benjamin
• Odette Talazac as La propriétaire
• Anthony Gildès as Le peintre
• Eddy Debray as M. Hervé
• Sylvia Bataille as Sylvia

Bibliography

• Phillips, Alastair. City of Darkness, City of Light: Émigré Filmmakers in Paris, 1929-1939. Amsterdam University Press, 2004.

External links

• Latin Quarter at IMDb