Under Western Eyes (1936 film)

1936 film

Under Western Eyes

Directed by	Marc Allégret
Written by	Joseph Conrad (novel) Hans Wilhelm Jan Lustig [de] Jacques Viot Emeric Pressburger
Produced by	André Daven
Starring	Pierre Fresnay Danièle Parola Michel Simon
Cinematography	Michel Kelber
Edited by	Yvonne Martin Marguerite Renoir
Music by	Georges Auric
Production company	Productions André Daven
Distributed by	Les Films Osso L'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne
Release date	20 March 1936 (1936-03-20)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Under Western Eyes (French: Razumov: Sous les yeux d'occident) is a 1936 French drama film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Pierre Fresnay, Danièle Parola and Michel Simon. It is an adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1911 novel Under Western Eyes. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Eugène Lourié.

Synopsis

In nineteenth century Russia a student with ambitions to join the Czarist system unwittingly become embroiled in the assassination of an Imperial official.

Cast

Pierre Fresnay as Razumov
Danièle Parola as Nathalie
Michel Simon as Lespara
Jacques Copeau as Mikulin
Pierre Renoir as Un Policier
Jean-Louis Barrault as Haldin
Raymond Segard as Kostia
Vladimir Sokoloff as Le recteur
Jacques Bousquet as Gregori
Raymond Aimos
Michel André
Romain Bouquet as L'aubergiste
Auguste Bovério as Babitchev
Jean Dasté as Georges
Roger Legris as Le photographe
Jean Marconi as Herbert
André Siméon as Le portier
Madeleine Suffel as La bonne
Gabriel Gabrio as Nikita
Roger Karl as Le Ministre
Michel Audié
Roger Blin
Paul Delauzac
Georges Douking
Claire Gérard as La logeuse
Fabien Loris
François Simon

References

Moore p.21

Bibliography

Gene M. Moore. Conrad on Film. Cambridge University Press, 2006.

External links

Under Western Eyes at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Marc Allégret
Travels in the Congo (1927) (documentary) J'ai quelque chose à vous dire (1931) (short) Black and White (1931) The Lovers of Midnight (1931) Fanny (1932) The Chocolate Girl (1932) Lake of Ladies (1934) Hotel Free Exchange (1934) Zouzou (1934) Beautiful Days (1935) Adventure in Paris (1936) Under Western Eyes (1936) The Terrible Lovers (1936) Woman of Malacca (1937) Another World (1937) Gribouille (1937) The Curtain Rises (1938) Orage (1938) Le Corsaire (1939) (unfinished) Parade en sept nuits (1941) The Beautiful Adventure (1942) Two Timid Souls (1943) Twilight (1944) Les Petites du quai aux fleurs (1944) Lunegarde (1945) Pétrus (1946) Blanche Fury (1948) The Naked Heart (1950) Blackmailed (1951) La demoiselle et son revenant (1952) Julietta (1953) Loves of Three Queens (1953) School for Love (1955) Lady Chatterley's Lover (1955) Plucking the Daisy (1956) Love Is at Stake (1957) Be Beautiful But Shut Up (1958) Demons at Midnight (1961) The Man from Chicago (1963) The Ball of Count Orgel (1970)

Films directed by Marc Allégret

Travels in the Congo (1927) (documentary)
J'ai quelque chose à vous dire (1931) (short)
Black and White (1931)
The Lovers of Midnight (1931)
Fanny (1932)
The Chocolate Girl (1932)
Lake of Ladies (1934)
Hotel Free Exchange (1934)
Zouzou (1934)
Beautiful Days (1935)
Adventure in Paris (1936)
Under Western Eyes (1936)
The Terrible Lovers (1936)
Woman of Malacca (1937)
Another World (1937)
Gribouille (1937)
The Curtain Rises (1938)
Orage (1938)
Le Corsaire (1939) (unfinished)
Parade en sept nuits (1941)
The Beautiful Adventure (1942)
Two Timid Souls (1943)
Twilight (1944)
Les Petites du quai aux fleurs (1944)
Lunegarde (1945)
Pétrus (1946)
Blanche Fury (1948)
The Naked Heart (1950)
Blackmailed (1951)
La demoiselle et son revenant (1952)
Julietta (1953)
Loves of Three Queens (1953)
School for Love (1955)
Lady Chatterley's Lover (1955)
Plucking the Daisy (1956)
Love Is at Stake (1957)
Be Beautiful But Shut Up (1958)
Demons at Midnight (1961)
The Man from Chicago (1963)
The Ball of Count Orgel (1970)

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