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Facing Destiny

1940 film

Facing Destiny (French: Face au destin) is a 1940 French spy drama film directed by Henri Fescourt and starring Jules Berry, George Rigaud and Josseline Gaël.[1] It is based on the 1938 novel of the same title by Charles Robert-Dumas.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Claude Bouxin. It was produced and distributed during the Phoney War period.

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Synopsis

Jean Lambert takes some money from a cash register to pay off the debts that his fiancée Madeleine has incurred at the fashion house where she works. He is caught and sent to prison for two years. Feeling herself abandoned by him, Madeleine enters into a loveless marriage with a count who is secretly a German spy. On his release, Jean enlists in the Foreign Legion and encounters Madeleine again in Marrakesh in French Morocco.

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References

  1. [1]
    Rège p.390
  2. [2]
    Goble p.139

Bibliography

  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950. Pygmalion, 1986.
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.


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