People Who Travel (1938 French-language film) explained

People Who Travel
Director:Jacques Feyder
Cinematography:Josef Illig
Franz Koch
Editing:Roger Spiri-Mercaton
Studio:Tobis Film
Distributor:Tobis Film
Runtime:108 minutes
Country:France
Germany
Language:French

People Who Travel (French: Les Gens du voyage) is a 1938 French-German film directed by Jacques Feyder. The film was a co-production with a separate German version Travelling People also released. It is a circus film.

It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean D'Eaubonne.

Plot

Due to an accident at the Barlay Circus, animal trainer Flora finds Fernand, a former prison escapee, and refers him to manager, Edouard Barlay. The son of Flora (and Fernand), Marcel, does the acrobatics with the manager's daughters, Suzanne and Yvonne. In love with the latter, Suzanne becomes jealous. Squire Pepita is also interested in the young man.

Cast

La dompteuse Flora

Fernand

Pepita

Yvonne Barlay

Suzanne Barlay

Le lieutenant de gendarmerie

Le bonimenteur

Jo

Laëtitia

le médecin (not credited)

Crew

Tragedy - Black and white - 121 mn

German version

See main article: Travelling People (film). As was common at the time, the film was also filmed at studios in Munich in an alternative version, French and German, the technical team and stars being more or less different in each version.

Only Françoise Rosay kept her role as Flora in the German version, while other stars were: Hans Albers (Fernand), Camilla Horn (Pepita), Herbert Hübner (Edouard Barlay), Irene von Meyendorff (Yvonne Barlay), Ulla Ganglitz (Suzanne Barlay), Hannes Stelzer (Marcel), Aribert Mog (Le lieutenant).

Production

Françoise Rosay refused to have a stunt double in scenes in which she was confronted by lions (cited by Jacques Siclier in Télérama in 1992).