Southern Mail (film) explained

Southern Mail
Director:	Pierre Billon
Cinematography:	Robert Lefebvre
Editing:	Henri Taverna
Studio:	Pan-Ciné
Distributor:	Pathé Consortium Cinéma
Runtime:	91 minutes
Country:	France

Southern Mail or Southern Carrier (French: Courrier sud) is a 1937 French action film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Pierre Richard-Willm, Jany Holt and Raymond Aimos.^[1] It is adapted from the 1929 novel of the same name by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.^{[2] [3]}

The film's sets were designed by the art directors André Barsacq and Léon Barsacq.

Cast

• Pierre Richard-Willm as Jacques Bernis
• Jany Holt as Geneviève
• Raymond Aimos as Le Sergent
• Alexandre Rignault as Hubert
• Roger Legris as Le Radio
• Pierre Sergeol as Le Chef d'aéroport de Juby
• René Bergeron as Le Chef d'aéroport de Casablanca
• Abel Jacquin as Le Capitaine
• as Le Joailler
• Henri Crémieux as Le secrétaire
• Madeleine Milhaud as La Patronne de la Pension
• Odette Talazac as Aubergiste
• Louis Baron fils as Le Père
• Jacques Baumer as Le Procureur
• Pauline Carton as Mathilde
• Gabrielle Dorziat as La Mère
• Marguerite Pierry as Sophie
• Charles Vanel as Herlin, Ambassadeur

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

Notes and References

1. Goble p.722
2. de Saint-Exupéry, Antoine (1929) Southern Mail. Translated by Curtis Cate (1972). Mariner Books,
3. Parry M. A Symbolic Interpretation of "Courrier Sud" The Modern Language Review, Vol. 69, No. 2 (Apr., 1974), pp. 297-307