Sisters in Arms (1937 film) explained

Sisters in Arms
Director:	Léon Poirier
Producer:	Léon Poirier
Starring:	Jeanne Sully Josette Day Thomy Bourdelle
Music:	Claude Delvincourt
Cinematography:	Georges Million
Editing:	Jacques Grassi
Studio:	Societé Artistique Commerciale et Industrielle
Distributor:	Comptoir Français du Film Documentaire
Runtime:	125 minutes
Country:	France
Language:	French

Sisters in Arms (French: Soeurs d'armes) is a 1937 French spy drama film directed by Léon Poirier and starring Jeanne Sully, Josette Day and Thomy Bourdelle.^{[1] [2]} The film's sets were designed by the art directors Raymond Druart and Hugues Laurent.

Synopsis

During the First World War Louise de Bettignies and Léonie Vanhoutte form an underground intelligence operation in German-occupied Belgium and Northern France in conjunction with British military intelligence.

Cast

• Jeanne Sully as Louise de Bettignies
• Josette Day as Léonie Vanhoutte
• Thomy Bourdelle as Le juge Goldschmidt
• André Nox as Le prêtre
• Jeanne Marie-Laurent as Madame Vanhoutte
• Camille Bert as Stoeber
• Gaston Dupray as Monsieur Lamote
• Henriette Dupray as Madame Pandelaers

References

1. Drazin p.185
2. Welch p.162

Bibliography

• Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986.
• Drazin, Charles . The Faber Book of French Cinema. London: Faber & Faber, 2011.
• Hayward, Susan. French National Cinema. Routledge, 2004.
• Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
• Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
• Welch, David. Nazi Propaganda: The Power and the Limitations. Routledge, 2014.