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.
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