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<i>Bethsabée</i>

Bethsabée

1947 film


Bethsabée is a 1947 French drama film directed by Léonide Moguy and starring Danielle Darrieux, Georges Marchal and Jean Murat. It is also known by the alternative title of Le Deserteur.[1] It is based on the 1938 novel of the same title by Pierre Benoît, set in French Morocco.[2] The title is a reference to the biblical story of Bathsheba.

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It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Henri Ménessier and René Renoux.

Synopsis

Arabella comes out to French Morocco to join her fiancee, an officer serving with the spahis. One of the other officers is a former lover of hers, who knows all about her tumultuous past

Cast

Also: France Mooréa, Larbi Tounsi, Paola Manelli, Mireille Ozy, José Davilla, René Pascal.


References

  1. "Deserteur, Le". Monthly Film Bulletin. 14 (157). London: 68. 1 January 1947. ProQuest 1305812612.
  2. Goble p.687

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.



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