''Musicians of the Sky'' (French:''Les Musiciens du ciel'') is a 1940 French language motion picture drama directed by Georges Lacombe, based on novel "Musiciens Du Ceil" by René Lefèvre who co-wrote screenplay with Jean Ferry. The music score is by

Arthur Honegger Arthur Honegger (; 10 March 1892 – 27 November 1955) was a Swiss composer who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. A member of Les Six, his best known work is probably ''Antigone'', composed between 1924 and 1927 t ...

and

Arthur Hoérée Arthur Hoérée (16 April 1897, Brussels – 2 June 1986, Paris) was a Belgian musicologist, critic, conductor and composer. He studied at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels from 1908 to 1912, then at the Conservatoire de Paris. He was a lecture ...

. The film stars

Michèle Morgan Michèle Morgan (; née Simone Renée Roussel; 29 February 1920 – 20 December 2016) was a French film actress, who was a leading lady for three decades in both French cinema and Hollywood features. She is considered to have been one of the g ...

Michel Simon Michel Simon (; 9 April 1895 – 30 May 1975) was a Swiss-French actor. He appeared in many notable French films, including ''La Chienne'' (1931), ''Boudu Saved from Drowning'' (1932), ''L'Atalante'' (1934), ''Port of Shadows'' (1938), '' The He ...

and René Lefèvre. The principal actors Michèle Morgan and Michel Simon, had earlier appeared together in '' Port of Shadows'' (1938), but then they had not been comrades.

Primary cast

as Le lieutenant Saulnier *

as Le capitaine Simon * René Lefèvre as Victor *

René Alexandre René Alexandre (22 December 1885 – 19 August 1946) was a French actor. René Alexandre was born in Reims and died in Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine in 1946. He was married to actress Gabrielle Robinne from 1912 until his death. Filmograph ...

as Louis *Auguste Bovério as Le commissaire *Sylvette Saugé as La Louise *Alexandre Rignault as Le grand Georges

External links

''Les Musiciens du ciel''
at DvdToile * * 1940 films Films directed by Georges Lacombe French drama films 1940 drama films 1940s French-language films French black-and-white films Films scored by Arthur Honegger Films scored by Arthur Hoérée 1940s French films {{1940s-France-film-stub