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RUNTIME
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Tight 78-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Marchand d'amour
1935 1h 18m FR
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BANGER
★8.0TMDB · 1
Synopsis
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A genius director whose daring and sensual films have earned him the nickname "The Merchant of Love", claims to escape commercial contingencies and direct the film of his life on his own. It is a resounding failure that leads him to the forfeiture from which the fate of a woman's love.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Jean Galland
Jack Stephen
Rosine Deréan
Lily
Jacqueline Daix
Mitzi
Robert Arnoux
Léo
Françoise Rosay
Clara
Paul Ollivier
The sponsor
Maurice Maillot
The leading man
Félix Oudart
The producer
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Edmond T. Gréville
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The take
Edmond T. Gréville directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 78-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 291 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Jean Galland and Rosine Deréan and Jacqueline Daix carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0170219 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 78 min · 1h 18m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- FR
Also by
Edmond T. Gréville
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1935-01-01
