Street of Shadows
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Street of Shadows is a 1937 French drama film
directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
. An English-language version was made under the title Under Secret Orders
.
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
-Biography:Pabst was born in Raudnitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary , the son of a railroad employee.Returning from the United States, he was in France when World War I began...
. An English-language version was made under the title Under Secret Orders
Under Secret Orders
Under Secret Orders is a British thriller film directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Dita Parlo, John Loder and Erich von Stroheim.-Plot:...
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Cast
- Pierre BlancharPierre BlancharPierre Blanchar was a French actor. He appeared in 54 films between 1922 and 1961.-Selected filmography:* L'Atlantide * Street of Shadows * A Royal Divorce...
- Grégor Courdane - Dita ParloDita ParloDita Parlo was a German film actress.Born Grethe Gerda Kornstädt in Stettin , Parlo made her first film appearance in Homecoming in 1928 and quickly became a popular actress in Germany...
- Mademoiselle Docteur - Pierre FresnayPierre FresnayPierre Fresnay was a French stage and film actor.Born Pierre Jules Louis Laudenbach in Paris, France in 1897, he was encouraged by his uncle, the actor Claude Garry, to pursue a career in theater and film...
- Le capitaine Georges Carrère - Roger Karl - Le colonel Bourget
- Viviane Romance - Gaby
- Jean-Louis BarraultJean-Louis BarraultJean-Louis Barrault was a French actor, director and mime artist, training that served him well when he portrayed the 19th-century mime Jean-Gaspard Deburau in Marcel Carné's 1945 film Les Enfants du Paradis .Jean-Louis Barrault studied with Charles Dullin in whose troupe he acted...
- Le client fou (as J.L. Barrault) - Marcel Lupovici - Alexandre (as M. Lupovici)
- Gaston ModotGaston ModotGaston Modot was a French actor. For more than 50 years he performed for the cinema working with a number of French directors....
- Le patron du café - Robert ManuelRobert Manuel (actor)Robert Manuel , a French actor and film director.- Filmography :* 1935 : La Petite Sauvage by Jean de Limur* 1936 : Salonique, nid d'espions by Georg Wilhelm Pabst* 1937 : Orage by Marc Allégret...
- Un invité au consulat (as Robert Manuel de la Comédie Française) - Ernest Ferny - Le capitaine Louvier
- Georges ColinGeorges Colin-Selected filmography:* The Kiddies in the Ruins * End of the World * Street of Shadows * The Count of Monte Cristo...
- Le major Jacquart - Georges PécletGeorges PécletGeorges Péclet was a French actor, film director and screenwriter.-References:* at "Ciné-Ressources"...
- Gregorieff - Jacques Henley - Le consul des États-Unis
- Charles DullinCharles DullinCharles Dullin was a French actor, theater manager and director.-Life:Dullin was a student of Jacques Copeau...
- Mathésius - Louis JouvetLouis JouvetLouis Jouvet was a renowned French actor, director, and theatre director.- Life :Overcoming speech impediments and sometimes paralyzing stage fright as a young man, Jouvet's first important association was with Jacques Copeau's Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, beginning in 1913...
- Simonis - Edward LexyEdward Lexy-Filmography:* Under Secret Orders * Mademoiselle Docteur * Farewell Again * Knight Without Armour * Action for Slander * Smash and Grab * The Green Cockatoo...
- Minor role