Bastille Day (1933 film)

Bastille Day
Bastille Day
	Film poster
French	Quatorze Juillet
Directed by	René Clair
Written by	René Clair
Produced by	Roger Le Bon
Starring	Annabella; George Rigaud; Raymond Cordy
Cinematography	Georges Périnal
Edited by	René Le Hénaff
Music by	Maurice Jaubert
Production; company	Films Sonores Tobis
Distributed by	Films Sonores Tobis
Release date	14 January 1933;
Running time	86 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Bastille Day or July 14 (French: Quatorze Juillet) is a 1933 French romantic comedy film directed by René Clair and starring Annabella, George Rigaud and Raymond Cordy.^[1] It was made at the Epinay Studios by the French subsidiary of the German company Tobis. The film's art direction was by Lazare Meerson.

Plot

Anna, a flower-girl, is in love with Jean - a young taxi driver. Jean doesn't have the same feelings for Anna as he still thinks about Pola, who dumped him. Eventually, Jean asks Anna for a dance at to the ball, but all hell breaks loose when Pola shows up with two men who will stop at nothing to disturb this newly arising love.

Cast

Annabella as Anna
George Rigaud as Jean
Raymond Cordy as Jean's fellow cabbie
Paul Ollivier as the tuxedoed drunk
Raymond Aimos as Charles
Thomy Bourdelle
Michel André
Pola Illéry as Pola
Maximilienne as the tenant
Gaston Modot
Gabrielle Rosny [fr]

References

^ Dudley, Andrew (2021) [1995]. Mists of Regret: Culture and Sensibility in Classic French Film. Princeton University Press. p. 354. ASIN B09H3QNPX5. ISBN 0-691-05686-2. LCCN 94015486.

External links

Bastille Day at IMDb

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[1] Dudley, Andrew (2021) [1995]. Mists of Regret: Culture and Sensibility in Classic French Film. Princeton University Press. p. 354. ASIN B09H3QNPX5. ISBN 0-691-05686-2. LCCN 94015486.

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