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Directed by Raymond Rouleau Music by Georges Auric Director Raymond Rouleau Music director Georges Auric Producer Alexandre Kamenka | 6.2/10 IMDb Produced by Alexandre Kamenka Cinematography Jules Kruger Running time 1h 38m Production company Films Albatros | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Written by Marcel Achard
Henri Bernstein (play) Starring Gaby Morlay
Jean Gabin
Mona Goya Cast Jean Gabin, Gaby Morlay, Mona Goya Similar Coral Reefs, The Darling of Paris, Adieu les beaux jours, Maria Chapdelaine, Woman of Malacca | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Messenger (French: Le messager) is a 1937 French drama film directed by Raymond Rouleau and starring Gaby Morlay, Jean Gabin and Mona Goya. It was based on a play by Henri Bernstein. Morlay reprised her role while Victor Francen, who had played the male lead on stage, was replaced by Gabin.
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The film's art direction was by Eugène Lourié.
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Synopsis
After leaving his socialite wife to marry her secretary, Nick Dange finds his well-connected wife has arranged for him to be made unemployable in Paris. The only work that he is able to get is to manage a mine in Uganda. He feels lonely and isolated, thousands of miles from his wife. His only companion is a fellow worker named Jack. When Jack returns to Paris after being injured, Nick asks him to take a message to his wife. Yet she is also lonely and begins an affair with Jack, who has already come to idolize her from the descriptions that Nick had made back in Africa. Yet when Nick returns to Paris and discovers the illicit relationship, Jack commits suicide.