The Forsaken (French: Les réprouvés) is a 1937 French war drama film directed by Jacques Séverac and starring Jean Servais, Janine Crispin and Pierre Mingand.Bessy & Chirat p.184 It was based on a novel of the same title by André Armandy.Goble p.14 It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean Lafitte.
Synopsis A group of Foreign Legion soldiers serving in French North Africa on the edge of the Sahara Desert are attacked by an overwhelming enemy force.
Cast Jean Servais as Prieur Janine Crispin as Gloriette Pierre Mingand as Le lieutenant d'Armançon Alexandre Rignault as Faggianelli Princesse Kandou as La princesse Fatima el Tlemci Yvonne Claudie as La girl Raymond Cordy as Badar Cosaert as Morin Pierre Magnier as Le commandant Gina Manès as La chanteuse réaliste Gaston Modot as Le patron Nino Pavese as Le sergent Poussard as Girval Georges Térof as Un colon François Viguier as Le Syrien
References
Bibliography Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986. 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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