Anne-Marie (film)

Anne-Marie
Anne-Marie
Directed by	Raymond Bernard
Written by	Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Produced by	P.J. de Venloo
Starring	Annabella ; Pierre Richard-Willm ; Paul Azaïs
Cinematography	Marc Fossard ; Jules Kruger
Edited by	Raymond Bernard
Music by	Jacques Ibert
Production; company	Auréa-Films
Distributed by	Auréa-Films
Release date	6 March 1936;
Running time	109 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Anne-Marie is a 1936 French drama film directed by Raymond Bernard and starring Annabella, Pierre Richard-Willm and Paul Azaïs. If features Annabella as an aspiring young pilot.^[1] It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Jean d'Eaubonne and Jean Perrier.

Synopsis

Anne-Marie, a young civil aviation engineer, persuades several of her male colleagues to teach her to fly. Each of them fall slightly in love with her.

Cast

Annabella as Anne-Marie
Pierre Richard-Willm as L'inventeur
Paul Azaïs as Le boxeur
Pierre Labry as Le paysan
Abel Jacquin as Le détective
Christian Gérard as L'amoureux
Jean Murat as Le penseur
André Carnège as Le général
Enrico Glori as Un homme d'affaires
Odette Talazac as La bonne

Reception

Writing for The Spectator in 1936, Graham Greene gave the film a mildly good review, describing it as "silly but with some amiable qualities". Commenting that "there is very little to be said for this odd plot", and suggesting that "there is no discoverable theme", Greene nevertheless praised Saint-Exupéry's scenario writing and concluded that "it is chiefly worth seeing for [its] exciting and beautifully directed melodramatic climax".^[2]

References

^ Driskell p.97-98
^ Greene, Graham (8 May 1936). "Anne-Marie/Tudor Rose". The Spectator. (reprinted in: John Russel, Taylor, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome. p. 73. ISBN 0192812866.)

Bibliography

Jonathan Driskell. The French Screen Goddess: Film Stardom and the Modern Woman in 1930s France. I.B.Tauris, 2015.

External links

Anne-Marie at IMDb

[1] Driskell p.97-98

[2] Greene, Graham (8 May 1936). "Anne-Marie/Tudor Rose". The Spectator. (reprinted in: John Russel, Taylor, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome. p. 73. ISBN 0192812866.)

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