''Moonlight'' (French: ''Clair de lune'') is a 1932 French

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directed by

Henri Diamant-Berger Henri Diamant-Berger (9 June 1895 – 7 May 1972) was a French film director, director, film producer, producer and screenwriter. In a career that lasted more than 50 years, he directed 48 films between 1913 in film, 1913 and 1959 in film, 1959, ...

and starring Blanche Montel, Claude Dauphin and Henri Rollan.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.118 The film was shot on location around

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Synopsis

While sailing on a

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off the

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a shy young man and the owner's daughter are

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ed on an island.

Cast

* Blanche Montel as Lucie * Claude Dauphin as Jacques * Henri Rollan as Le philosophe *

Jean Joffre Jean Joffre (1872–1944) often styled simply as Joffre was a French film actor, film and stage actor.Crisp p.192 A character actor he played a variety of supporting roles in theatre and the cinema during his career. His final screen appearance wa ...

as Ernest * Yvonne Rozille as Berthe Lydiane *

Jeanne Cheirel Jeanne Cheirel (born Jeanne Augustine Baltazar; 18 March 1869 – 2 November 1934) was a French film and stage actress. Greco p.189 She was in the original cast of two of Georges Feydeau's plays '' Tied by the Leg'' (1894) and '' The Turkey'' (18 ...

as La baronne Jeanne de Bonasette * Lulu Vattier as Noémie * Andrée Lorraine as Andrée *

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as Un marin

References

Bibliography

* Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen. ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1932 films French comedy films French black-and-white films 1932 comedy films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Henri Diamant-Berger 1930s French films Films scored by Jean Lenoir {{1930s-France-film-stub