''Le Corsaire'' ("The Pirate") is an unfinished 1939 French film. It would have marked the screen debut of

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Plot

Some actors put on a play about a pirate, and find themselves encountering similarities from the play in their own lives.

Production

Charles Boyer returned from Hollywood to appear in the movie which was filmed at

Victorine Studios Victorine Studios (French: Studios de la Victorine) are a film studio in the French city of Nice. They are also known as the Nice Studios. Several small studios have also existed in the city. Originally built in 1921 in an attempt to create a H ...

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, August – September 1939. However production ceased on the declaration of war and Boyer returned to America. The film was never completed, although some footage of it was later released. A documentary about the making of the movie was released in 1995."Autour du Corsaire"
accessed 23 January 2014

References

External links

''Le Corsaire''
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