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The Shark (film)

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Directed by
  
Henri Chomette

Music by
  
J.E. Szyfer

Production company
  
Films Sonores Tobis

Director
  
Henri Chomette

Music director
  
J.E. Szyfer

Written by
  
Henri Chomette

Edited by
  
René Le Hénaff

Initial release
  
1929

Screenplay
  
Henri Chomette

Starring
  
Albert Prejean Gina Manès Daniel Mendaille

Cast
  
Gina Manès, Daniel Mendaille

Cinematography
  
Jean Bachelet, Léonce-Henri Burel

Similar
  
Mollenard, The New Gentlemen, Majestic Hotel Cellars, Verdun - Vision of History, The Faithful Heart

The Shark (French:Le requin) is a 1930 French film directed by Henri Chomette and starring Albert Prejean, Gina Manès and Daniel Mendaille. Made in 1929 but released the following year, it was one of the first French sound films.

The story concerns a shipowner who on the edge of financial failure, bribes accomplices to sink his ship for the insurance. He is accused of fraud and it come to court but he acquitted only to be shot dead by his wife who narrowly escaped the sinking.

The film's sets were designed by Lazare Meerson.

Cast

  • Albert Préjean as Le capitaine
  • Gina Manès as Violette
  • Daniel Mendaille as Le second
  • Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Vasseur
  • Samson Fainsilber as L'avocat
  • Nicole de Rouves
  • Edmond Van Daële as Le radio
  • Andrée Standart as L'amie d'un soir
  • Pierre Juvenet as L'avocat général
  • Hubert Daix as Le courtier
  • André Allard as Le président
  • References

    The Shark (film) Wikipedia