''Secret Cargo'' (French: ''Cargaison clandestine'') is a 1947 French
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by
Alfred Rode
Alfred Rode (born Alfred Spedaliere; 4 June 1905 – 22 July 1979) was an Italian-born French composer, musician, actor and film director. He was born in Torre del Greco. In 1936 Rode appeared in the British film ''Gypsy Melody'' alongside Lu ...
and starring
Luis Mariano
Luis Mariano Eusebio González García (13 August 1914 – 14 July 1970), also known as Luis Mariano, was a popular tenor of Spanish origin who achieved celebrity in 1946 with "La belle de Cadix" ("The Beautiful Lady of Cadix") an operetta by ...
,
Käthe von Nagy
Ekaterina Nagy von Cziser, stage name Käthe von Nagy (4 April 1904 – 20 December 1973), was a Hungarian actress, model, dancer, and singer who worked in German and French cinema.
Early life and education
Käthe von Nagy, the daughter of a wea ...
and
Claudine Dupuis
Claudine Dupuis (born Andrée Esther Chaloum; 1 May 1924 in Paris – 26 May 1991 in Lisieux) was a French actress. She starred as the "garrulous prostitute Manon" in Henri-Georges Clouzot's ''Quai des Orfèvres'' in 1947. Other films inclu ...
.
[Berthomé & Naizet p.71] It was shot at the
Boulogne Studios
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They studios were constructed i ...
in
Paris
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. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...
Emile Alex
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* Émile (novel) (1827), autobiographical novel based on Émile de Girardin's early life
* Emile, Canadian film made in 2003 by Carl Bessai
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.
Synopsis
In a shady
Central American
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nightclub
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a travelling
gypsy orchestra get unwittingly mixed up in the
drug trafficking
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activities of its owners.
Cast
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Luis Mariano
Luis Mariano Eusebio González García (13 August 1914 – 14 July 1970), also known as Luis Mariano, was a popular tenor of Spanish origin who achieved celebrity in 1946 with "La belle de Cadix" ("The Beautiful Lady of Cadix") an operetta by ...
as José
*
Käthe von Nagy
Ekaterina Nagy von Cziser, stage name Käthe von Nagy (4 April 1904 – 20 December 1973), was a Hungarian actress, model, dancer, and singer who worked in German and French cinema.
Early life and education
Käthe von Nagy, the daughter of a wea ...
as Luisa Heim
*
Claudine Dupuis
Claudine Dupuis (born Andrée Esther Chaloum; 1 May 1924 in Paris – 26 May 1991 in Lisieux) was a French actress. She starred as the "garrulous prostitute Manon" in Henri-Georges Clouzot's ''Quai des Orfèvres'' in 1947. Other films inclu ...
as Mila
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Jean-Jacques Delbo
Jean-Jacques Delbo (10 January 1909 – 20 May 1996) was a French actor. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1936 to 1990.
Filmography
References
External links
*
1909 births
1996 deaths
French male film actors
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as Carlos Mendoza
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Junie Astor
Rolande Jeanne Risterucci (1911–1967), better known as Junie Astor, was a French actress.
Selected filmography
* ''Skylark'' (1934)
* ''Stradivarius'' (1935)
* ''The Lower Depths'' (1936)
* ''Women's Club'' (1936)
* ''In the Service of the Tsa ...
as Mme Mendoza
*
Pierre Renoir
Pierre Renoir (; March 21, 1885 – March 11, 1952) was a French stage and film actor. He was the son of the impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir and elder brother of the film director Jean Renoir. He is also noted for being the first a ...
as Le préfet de police
*
Alfred Rode
Alfred Rode (born Alfred Spedaliere; 4 June 1905 – 22 July 1979) was an Italian-born French composer, musician, actor and film director. He was born in Torre del Greco. In 1936 Rode appeared in the British film ''Gypsy Melody'' alongside Lu ...
as Ricardo Mendi
*
Paul Amiot
Paul Amiot (29 March 1886 – 26 January 1979) was a French film actor. His career spanned some 63 years and he appeared in nearly 100 films between 1910 and 1973.
In 1920 he appeared in Robert Péguy's ''Être aimé pour soi-même''. He was ...
as Le gouverneur
*
Michel Ardan
''From the Earth to the Moon: A Direct Route in 97 Hours, 20 Minutes'' () is an 1865 novel by Jules Verne. It tells the story of the Baltimore Gun Club, a post-American Civil War society of weapons enthusiasts, and their attempts to build an en ...
*
Lucas Gridoux
Lucas Gridoux (16 April 1896 – 22 April 1952) was a Romanian-born France, French stage actor, stage and film actor.Lanzoni p. 99
Biography
He was born in 1896 in Hertsa, Herța, at the time in Dorohoi County, Kingdom of Romania. After emigrating ...
as N'Goué, le restaurateur chinois
*
Jacqueline Ricard
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J.J. Telbos
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Jean Témerson
Jean Témerson (1898–1956) was a French actor.
Selected filmography
* ''The Lover of Madame Vidal'' (1936) - Guillaume - le domestique
* '' With a Smile'' (1936) - Cam (uncredited)
* '' Pépé le Moko'' (1937) - Gravère
* '' Blanchette'' (1 ...
References
Bibliography
* Berthomé, Jean-Pierre & Naizet, Gaël. ''Bretagne et cinéma: cent ans de création cinématographique en Bretagne''. Cinémathèque de Bretagne, 1995.
* Bock, Hans-Michael and Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books.
External links
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1947 films
French drama films
1947 drama films
1940s French-language films
Films directed by Alfred Rode
French black-and-white films
1940s French films
Films shot at Boulogne Studios
French-language drama films
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