It Happened in Aden
| It Happened in Aden | |
|---|---|
Pierre Benoît | |
| Produced by | Simon Barstoff |
| Starring | André Luguet Jacques Dacqmine Dany Robin |
| Cinematography | Marcel Grignon |
| Edited by | Claudine Bouché |
| Music by | Georges Van Parys |
Production company | S.B. Films |
| Distributed by | Cocinor |
Release date | 22 August 1956 |
Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
It Happened in Aden (French: C'est arrivé à Aden...) is a 1956 French
Pierre Benoît
.
The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert.
Synopsis
In the late nineteenth century, a French theatrical troupe become stranded in the British colony of
Aden
where the officers of the garrison woo the leading stars. One of them, Albine, attracts the interest of a local Prince there to sign a treaty with the British, leading to his kidnapping her.
Cast
- André Luguet as Sir Richard Wilkinson – le gouverneur d'Aden
- Jacques Dacqmine as Le major Burton
- Dany Robin as Albine
- Robert Manuel as Zafarana
- Elina Labourdette as Simone
- Edmond Ardisson as Le patron
- Jean Bretonnière as Prince de Khamarkar
- Geneviève Brunet as Margaret
- Georges Chamarat as Le capitaine du navire
- Maurice Dorléac
- Jacques Duby as Gremilly
- Michel Etcheverry as Le pasteur Sanderman
- Jacques Ferrière as Joyce
- Madeleine Ganne
- Clément Harari as Abdullah
- Charles Lemontier
- Michael Lonsdale as Sinclair
- Odile Mallet as Elizabeth
- Jacques Morlaine
- Dominique Page as Lucette
- Laure Paillette
- Robert Pizani as Hubert Robert
- Claude Rich as Price
- Roger Saget as Clairville
- Bachir Touré as Ali
- André Versini as Lusignan
References
- ^ Hayward p.399
Bibliography
- Hayward, Susan. French Costume Drama of the 1950s: Fashioning Politics in Film. Intellect Books, 2010.
External links
- It Happened in Aden at IMDb
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