Champions of France (French: Champions de France) is a 1938 French sports comedy film directed by Willy Rozier and starring Georgius, Pierre Etchepare and André Fouché.Crisp p.89Bessy & Chirat p.359
Synopsis A wealthy industrialist backs a rowing club on the River Marne. The team soon enjoys success but its prospects are threatened by division in the team driven by an attractive woman.
Cast Georgius as Daniel Pinoche Pierre Etchepare as Achille Bernard André Fouché as Bob Bernard Maurice Maillot as Jacques Allier Camille Bert as Drick - l'entraîneur Myno Burney as Gladys Lodje Ginette Darcy as Claudie Milly Mathis as Céleste Georges Cahuzac as Le père Goujon Nino Constantini as Jimmy Jacques Henley as Chartrier Roger Bontemps as Le bookmaker André Claveau as Le chanteur
References
Bibliography Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, Volume 2. Pygmalion, 1986. Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002. Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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