''People Who Travel'' (French: ''Les Gens du voyage'') is a 1938 French-German film directed by

Jacques Feyder Jacques Feyder (; 21 July 1885 – 24 May 1948) was a Belgian film director, screenwriter and actor who worked principally in France, but also in the US, Britain and Germany. He was a director of silent films during the 1920s, and in the 193 ...

. The film was a co-production with a separate German version '' Travelling People'' also released. It is a

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film. It was shot at the

Bavaria Studios Bavaria Studios are film production studios located in Munich, the capital of the region of Bavaria in Germany, and a subsidiary of Bavaria Film. History The studios were constructed in the suburb of Geiselgasteig in 1919 shortly after the Firs ...

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Plot

Due to an accident at the Barlay Circus, animal trainer Flora finds Fernand, a former prison escapee, and refers him to manager, Edouard Barlay. The son of Flora (and Fernand), Marcel, does the acrobatics with the manager's daughters, Suzanne and Yvonne. In love with the latter, Suzanne becomes jealous. Squire Pepita is also interested in the young man.

Cast

Françoise Rosay Françoise Rosay (; born Françoise Bandy de Nalèche; 19 April 1891 – 28 March 1974) was a French opera singer, diseuse,''Design'', Volume 9 1965 p. 24 and actress who enjoyed a film career of over sixty years and who became a legendary figure ...

: ''La dompteuse Flora'' *

André Brulé André Brulé (26 September 1879 – 14 February 1953), was a French theatre and film actor. He created the character Arsène Lupin for the French stage in 1908. He had a relationship with Ghislaine Dommanget, a French comedy actress, with who ...

: ''Fernand'' * Marie Glory: ''Pepita'' *Guillaume de Sax: ''Le directeur Edouard Barlay'' * Sylvia Bataille: ''Yvonne Barlay'' * Louise Carletti: ''Suzanne Barlay'' *Fabien Loris: ''Marcel'' * André Roanne: ''Le lieutenant de gendarmerie'' * Yves Deniaud: ''Le bonimenteur'' *

Daniel Mendaille Daniel Mendaille (27 November 1885 – 17 May 1963) was a French stage and film actor whose career spanned nearly sixty years. Early life Born Daniel Henri Élie Mendaille in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Mendaille studied architecture at the Académi ...

: ''Jo'' *Georges Prieur: ''Gaëtan'' *

Yvonne Gall Yvonne Gall (6 March 1885 – 21 August 1972) was a French operatic lyric soprano. Biography Gall was born on 6 March 1885 in Paris.Alfred Adam Alfred Roger Adam (4 April 1908 – 7 May 1982) was a French stage and film character actor, who usually played weak or villainous roles. Selected filmography *''Speedway'' (1929) - Doctor (uncredited) *'' La Kermesse Héroïque'' (1935) - Jos ...

: ''le médecin'' (not credited) * And Raymond Aimos, Maurice Baquet, Jean Sinoël, Pierre Labry, Madeleine Sologne (not credited) ...

Crew

*Written:

and

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*Dialogue: Bernard Zimmer *Photography: Franz Koch *Décor:

Jean d'Eaubonne Jean d'Eaubonne (March 8, 1903 – July 30, 1971) was a French art director. He received an Oscar nomination in 1951 for his work on Max Ophüls's '' La Ronde. Selected filmography * '' Azaïs'' (1931) * '' Coquecigrole'' (1931) * '' Make a L ...

*Editing: Roger Mercanton *Music: Wolfgang Zeller *Assistant technician: André Roanne *Producers: Société Films Sonores Tobis - Filmkunst Berlin *

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: Tragedy - Black and white - 121 mn

German version

As was common at the time, the film was also filmed at studios in

in an alternative version, French and German, the technical team and stars being more or less different in each version. Only Françoise Rosay kept her role as ''Flora'' in the German version, while other stars were:

Hans Albers Hans Philipp August Albers (22 September 1891 – 24 July 1960), also known by his nickname “der blonde Hans” (The Blond Hans), was a German actor and singer. He was the biggest male movie star in Germany between 1930 and 1960 and one of the m ...

(''Fernand''),

Camilla Horn Camilla Martha Horn (25 April 1903 – 14 August 1996) was a German dancer and a film star of the silent and sound era. She starred in several Hollywood films of the late 1920s and in a few British and Italian productions. Biography The daught ...

(''Pepita''), Herbert Hübner (''Edouard Barlay''), Irene von Meyendorff (''Yvonne Barlay''), Ulla Ganglitz (''Suzanne Barlay''), Hannes Stelzer (''Marcel''), Aribert Mog (''Le lieutenant'').

Production

Françoise Rosay refused to have a stunt double in scenes in which she was confronted by lions (cited by Jacques Siclier in ''

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'' in 1992).

External links

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