Valley of Hell (1943)
Le Val d'enfer
Noël Bienvenu, owner of a career, is a widower and lives with his parents. His son Bastien, whom he despises, was sentenced to six months in prison for theft. Noël goes to see a dying friend, Romieux, who asks him to take care of his daughter Marthe, who has settled in Paris (Batignolles district). Noël goes there and discovers that Marthe is destitute (her lover Gaston being an incarcerated mobster): he then offers her to come and live with him and soon, marries her.
- Date of release
- 1943-09-22
- TMDB
- 7.2 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Maurice Tourneur
Casting
- Ginette Leclerc — Marthe
- Gabrielle Fontan — Mother Bienvenu
- Nicole Chollet — Gustine
- Colette Régis — Religious
- Gabriel Gabrio — Noël Bienvenu
- Édouard Delmont — Father Bienvenu
- Lucien Gallas — Barthélémy
- Raymond Cordy — Poiroux
- Charles Blavette — Cagnard
- André Reybaz — Bastien Bienvenu
- Paul Fournier — Romieux
- Edmond Beauchamp — Rodrigo (uncredited)
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