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Mollenard
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Mollenard is a 1938 French drama film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Harry Baur, Gabrielle Dorziat and Pierre Renoir. It was also known by the alternative titles of Hatred and Capitaine Corsaire. The film's sets were designed by Alexandre Trauner. It is based on the novel of the same name by the Belgian writer . The film's plot divides sharply into halves, with the first an action thriller set in China while the second is a social drama with the title character struggling to cope with what he regards as the suffocating atmosphere of his home port in France.
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7.3Captain Justin Mollenard works for a company that sells armaments to the Far East. After an eventful stay in Shanghai, where he and his cargo are the victim of a malicious attack, he returns to his hometown of Dunkirk. Mollenard receives a frosty welcome from his wife Mathilde, who resents the way in which he has neglected his family for so many years. Mollenard’s only wish is to get back to sea as soon as he can, but a sudden heart-attack leaves him paralysed and entirely in his wife’s power...
Cast
- Harry Baur as le capitaine Mollenard
- Albert Préjean as Kerrotret
- Gabrielle Dorziat as Mme Mollenard
- Gina Manès as Marina
- Marta Labarr as Betty Hamilton
- Ludmilla Pitoëff as Marie Mollenard
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- French
- Director
- Robert Siodmak
- Screenwriter
- Charles Spaak
- Cast member
- Walter Rilla
- Composer
- Darius Milhaud
- Producer
- Édouard Corniglion-Molinier
- Cinematographer
- Eugen Schüfftan
- Narrative location
- Shanghai
- Duration
- 106
- FilmAffinity ID
- 185121
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- publication date
- 1938-01-01
- title
- Mollenard
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Pathé
- Commons category
- Mollenard
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Mollenard is a 1938 French drama film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Harry Baur, Gabrielle Dorziat and Pierre Renoir. It was also known by the alternative titles of Hatred and Capitaine Corsaire. The film's sets were designed by Alexandre Trauner. It is based on the novel of the same name by the Belgian writer . The film's plot divides sharply into halves, with the first an action thriller set in China while the second is a social drama with the title character struggling to cope with what he regards as the suffocating atmosphere of his home port in France.
The film was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris and on location. An English-language version starring Victor McLaglen and Ruth Chatterton was planned but never made.
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