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The Man from Nowhere (1937)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 23M

Director : Pierre Chenal
Writer : Pierre Chenal, Armand Salacrou, Christian Stengel, Roger Vitrac

Synopsis

Mathias Pascal, saddled with a stupid wife and a nagging mother-in-law, leaves home and is extremely lucky at several gambling resorts. He returns home and discovers that a drowned man, fished out of the river, bears an uncanny likeness to him and is being buried by his family as him. This, to him, is a pleasant turn of events and he goes to Rome, where he falls in love with Louise Paleari. Count Papiano, a jealous suitor of Louise's, threatens him with arrest unless he produces credentials to prove his identity.

Actors

Pierre Blanchar
Pierre Blanchar
Mathias Pascal / Adrien Meis
Isa Miranda
Isa Miranda
Louise Paleari
Robert Le Vigan
Robert Le Vigan
Le comte Papiano
Ginette Leclerc
Ginette Leclerc
Romilda Pescatore
Catherine Fonteney
Catherine Fonteney
Delphine Pescatore
Charlotte Barbier-Krauss
Charlotte Barbier-Krauss
Angelica Fede Pascal
Margo Lion
Margo Lion
Mlle Caporale
Sinoël
Sinoël
Henri Paleari
Maximilienne
Maximilienne
La tante Scholastique
Pierre Palau
Pierre Palau
Le chevalier Titus

Crews

Pierre Chenal
Pierre Chenal
Director
Pierre Chenal
Pierre Chenal
Screenplay
Armand Salacrou
Armand Salacrou
Screenplay
Christian Stengel
Christian Stengel
Screenplay
Roger Vitrac
Roger Vitrac
Screenplay
Luigi Pirandello
Luigi Pirandello
Novel

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