Mollenard
Sign in to saveMollenard 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...
Released: 1938-01-26107 minDir: Robert SiodmakDrama
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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Key dates
- Published
- 1 January 1938
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- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- crime 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
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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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1938 crime drama films1938 films1938 French films1938 French-language filmsFilms based on Belgian novelsFilms directed by Robert SiodmakFilms scored by Darius MilhaudFilms set in DunkirkFilms set in ShanghaiFilms shot at Joinville StudiosFilms with screenplays by Charles SpaakFrench black-and-white films