Coral Reefs (film)
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A poster for the film
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| Directed by | Maurice Gleize |
| Written by | Charles Spaak Jean Martet (novel) |
| Starring | Jean Gabin Michèle Morgan |
| Music by | Henri Tomasi |
| Cinematography | Jules Kruger |
| Edited by | Victor De Fast |
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Production
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Universum Film (UFA)
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| Distributed by | L'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne (ACE) |
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Release dates
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1938 |
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Running time
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95 min |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | French |
Coral Reefs (French title: Le Récif de corail) is a 1938 French language motion picture adventure drama directed by Maurice Gleize. The screenplay was written by Charles Spaak, based on novel by Jean Martet. The film stars Jean Gabin, Michèle Morgan, Pierre Renoir and Gina Manès.
It tells the story of a charged innocent Mexican sailor who escapes to a lagoon in the Pacific Ocean. He meets with a lonely girl in the woods, having an affair. However his current gunrunning operation is noticed by an earnest detective.
Plot
In the atmosphere fascinating of the southern continent, all their strengths fight in the seas of the south full of poetry and mystery, Trott and Lilian, wreckages tracked by the police, to win the coral reef, synonymous for them of quietude and new life.
Preservation
Long presumed to be lost, the film was sought after by Serge Bromberg who found a copy at the Yugoslav Film Archive in Belgrade in 2013. The film was then restored in coordination with the Archives françaises du film and re-released.[1]
Main cast
- Jean Gabin as Trott Lennard
- Michèle Morgan as Lilian White
- Saturnin Fabre as Hobson
- Gina Manès as Maria
- Jenny Burnay as Anna
- Julien Carette as Havelock
- Louis Florencie as Le capitaine Jolifé
- Guillaume de Sax as Springbett
- René Bergeron as Jim
- Gaston Modot as Le colonel mexicain
- Pierre Magnier as Un médecin
- Léonce Corne as L'hôtelier de Bridgetown
- Yves Deniaud as Le vendeur
- Pierre Renoir as Abboy
Notes
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External links
- Le Récif de corail at Films de France
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Coral Reefs at IMDb
- Coral Reefs at AllMovie
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