The Forsaken (1937 film) explained

The Forsaken
Director:	Jacques Séverac
Producer:	Adolphe Osso
Based On:	Les réprouvés by André Armandy
Starring:	Jean Servais Janine Crispin Pierre Mingand
Music:	Maurice Naggiar
Cinematography:	André Bac Ernest Bourreaud Christian Matras Amédée Morrin
Studio:	Hades Films
Distributor:	Union Française de Production Cinématographique
Runtime:	90 minutes
Country:	France
Language:	French

The Forsaken (French: Les réprouvés) is a 1937 French war drama film directed by Jacques Séverac and starring Jean Servais, Janine Crispin and Pierre Mingand.^[1] It was based on a novel of the same title by André Armandy.^[2] It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean Lafitte.

Synopsis

A group of Foreign Legion soldiers serving in French North Africa on the edge of the Sahara Desert are attacked by an overwhelming enemy force.

Cast

• Jean Servais as Prieur
• Janine Crispin as Gloriette
• Pierre Mingand as Le lieutenant d'Armançon
• Alexandre Rignault as Faggianelli
• Princesse Kandou as La princesse Fatima el Tlemci
• Yvonne Claudie as La girl
• Raymond Cordy as Badar
• Cosaert as Morin
• Pierre Magnier as Le commandant
• Gina Manès as La chanteuse réaliste
• Gaston Modot as Le patron
• Nino Pavese as Le sergent
• Poussard as Girval
• Georges Térof as Un colon
• François Viguier as Le Syrien

References

1. Bessy & Chirat p.184
2. Goble p.14

Bibliography

• Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986.
• Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.