La Loi du nord
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La Loi du nord is a 1939 French adventure drama film directed by Jacques Feyder
who co-wrote screenplay with Alexandre Arnoux and Charles Spaak, based on novel "Telle qu'elle était de son vivant" by Maurice Constantin-Weyer
. The films stars Michèle Morgan
, Pierre Richard-Willm
and Charles Vanel
. It tells the story of an escaped prisoner, his woman secretary and two guardsmen in the Far North
. Robert Shaw slaughters the lover of his wife and with Jacqueline, his secretary, runs away in Canada. Helped by a French trapper who takes them for film-makers, they hide in the Northern Canada
. But the corporal Dalrymple discovered their identity and hunts them, while Jacqueline dies exhausted by such a hard expedition. It competed for the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival
.
Jacques Feyder
Jacques Feyder was a Belgian actor, screenwriter and film director who worked principally in France, but also in the USA, Britain and Germany. He was a leading director of silent films during the 1920s, and in the 1930s he became associated with the style of poetic realism in French cinema...
who co-wrote screenplay with Alexandre Arnoux and Charles Spaak, based on novel "Telle qu'elle était de son vivant" by Maurice Constantin-Weyer
Maurice Constantin-Weyer
Maurice Constantin-Weyer is a French writer. His best known novel is Un homme se penche sur son passé, Prix Goncourt 1928 .-Biography:...
. The films stars Michèle Morgan
Michèle Morgan
Michèle Morgan is a French film actress, who was a leading lady for three decades.- Career :Morgan was born Simone Renée Roussel in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, a western suburb of Paris....
, Pierre Richard-Willm
Pierre Richard-Willm
Pierre Richard-Willm was a French actor during the 1930s and 1940s.-Biography:Richard-Willm was born in south-western France in the city of Bayonne. His mother, Elisabeth-Fanny Willm, died at the age of thirty-one, and he was raised by his maternal grandmother...
and Charles Vanel
Charles Vanel
Charles-Marie Vanel, known as Charles Vanel was a French director and actor. He made his screen debut in 1912, in Robert Péguy's Jim Crow...
. It tells the story of an escaped prisoner, his woman secretary and two guardsmen in the Far North
Far North
Far North may refer to:* Far North , a part of Russia which lies beyond the Arctic Circle* Far North, Chile, one of the five natural regions of Chile according to CORFO...
. Robert Shaw slaughters the lover of his wife and with Jacqueline, his secretary, runs away in Canada. Helped by a French trapper who takes them for film-makers, they hide in the Northern Canada
Northern Canada
Northern Canada, colloquially the North, is the vast northernmost region of Canada variously defined by geography and politics. Politically, the term refers to the three territories of Canada: Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut...
. But the corporal Dalrymple discovered their identity and hunts them, while Jacqueline dies exhausted by such a hard expedition. It competed for the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...
.
Cast
- Michèle Morgan as Jacqueline
- Pierre Richard-Willm as Robert Shaw
- Charles Vanel as Le caporal Dalrymple
- Max Michel as L'avocat
- Youcca Troubetzkov as Ellis
- Fabien Loris as Daugh
External links
- La Loi du nord at DvdToile