Under Western Eyes (1936 film)

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Under Western Eyes
Release date
  • 20 March 1936 (1936-03-20)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Under Western Eyes (French: Razumov: Sous les yeux d'occident) is a 1936 French

drama film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Pierre Fresnay, Danièle Parola and Michel Simon.[1] It is an adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1911 novel Under Western Eyes. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Eugène Lourié
.

Synopsis

In nineteenth century Russia a student with ambitions to join the

Czarist
system unwittingly become embroiled in the assassination of an Imperial official.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Moore p.21

Bibliography

  • Gene M. Moore. Conrad on Film. Cambridge University Press, 2006.

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