Insult (film) explained

Insult
Director:	Harry Lachman
Starring:	Elizabeth Allan John Gielgud Hugh Williams
Cinematography:	Rudolph Maté
Editing:	David Lean
Studio:	Paramount British Pictures
Distributor:	Paramount British Pictures
Runtime:	80 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom

Insult is a 1932 British drama film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Elizabeth Allan, John Gielgud and Hugh Williams.^[1] It is an adaptation of a play by Jean Fabricus. It is a melodrama set in the French Foreign Legion in North Africa. The film was the firs feature film for which David Lean received a screen credit, as editor.^{[2] [3]}

Cast

• Elizabeth Allan as Pola Dubois
• John Gielgud as Henri Dubois
• Hugh Williams as Captain Ramon Nadir
• Sam Livesey as Major Dubois
• Sydney Fairbrother as Arabella
• Abraham Sofaer as Ali Ben Achmed
• Edgar Norfolk as Captain Jean Conte
• Hal Gordon as Sergeant
• Dinah Gilly as Singer

Reception

The film has been described as "a turgid thriller set in North Africa".

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20090114020109/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/37685 BFI.org
2. Book: Phillips, Gene D. . Beyond the Epic: The Life and Films of David Lean . 2006-11-24 . University Press of Kentucky . 978-0-8131-3820-6 . en.
3. Book: Silverman, Stephen M. . David Lean . 2019-01-15 . New Word City . 978-1-64019-353-6 . en.