''The Tunnel'' () is a 1933 French-German
science fiction film
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directed by
Curtis Bernhardt and starring
Jean Gabin,
Madeleine Renaud and
Robert Le Vigan. It was the
French language
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version of the German film ''
The Tunnel'', with a different cast and some changes to the plot. Both were followed in 1935 by an
English version. Such
Multiple-language versions were common in the years immediately following the introduction of
sound
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In human physiology and psychology, sound is the ''reception'' of such waves and their ''perception'' by the br ...
, before the practice of
dubbing had come to dominate international releases. Germany and France made a significant number of films together at this time.
The film is an adaptation of
Bernhard Kellermann's 1913 novel ''
Der Tunnel'' about the construction of a vast
tunnel under the
Atlantic Ocean
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connecting Europe and America. The film's
Jewish
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director Bernhardt had fled Germany following the
Nazi
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takeover, but returned briefly to shoot
exterior scenes after being granted special permission by the German government.
[Phillips p.51]
Cast
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Jean Gabin as Allan Mac Allan
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Madeleine Renaud as Mary Mac Allan
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Robert Le Vigan as Brooce, un ouvrier félon
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Edmond Van Daële as Le contremaître
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André Nox as Lloyd
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Pierre Nay as Hobby
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Gustaf Gründgens as Woolf
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André Bertic as Gordon
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Philippe Richard as Harryman
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Raymonde Allain as Ethel Lloyd
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Victor Vina as L'orateur
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Henri Valbel as Un ouvrier
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Alexandre Arnoux
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William Burke
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Henry Trévoux
See also
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1933 in science fiction
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List of underwater science fiction works
References
Bibliography
* Phillips, Alastair. ''City of Darkness, City of Light: Émigré Filmmakers in Paris, 1929-1939''. Amsterdam University Press, 2004.
External links
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1933 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
French science fiction films
German science fiction films
French black-and-white films
1930s science fiction films
1930s French-language films
Films directed by Curtis Bernhardt
Films based on The Tunnel (Kellermann novel)
French multilingual films
German black-and-white films
1933 multilingual films
1930s French films
1930s German films
Films scored by Walter Gronostay
French-language German films
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