The West (1938)
L'Occident
The film portrays the relationship between a female Moroccan student, who has been forced to leave her studies at the Sorbonne for financial reasons and works as a dancer in a Paris nightclub, and a French naval officer. However, on returning to Casablanca she is tricked into believing that he had the led attack on her village that wiped out her family. She begins to plot her revenge.
- Date of release
- 1938-02-16
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Henri Fescourt
Casting
- Rama-Tahé — Hassina
- Charles Vanel — Jean Cadière
- José Noguéro — Armand
- André Bacqué — Linières (as Bacqué)
- Hélène Robert — Jacqueline
- Jules Berry — Max - Le portier
- Raymond Cordy — Carbonniès
- Robert Le Vigan — Taïeb el Haïn
- Roger Legris — Le Goff
- Georges Bever
- Joë Hamman
- Rosita Montenegro
Interesting facts
The West is a 1938 French drama film directed by Henri Fescourt and starring Charles Vanel, José Noguéro and Hélène Robert. It is a remake of the director's own 1928 silent film of the same title.
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