The Crowned Fish Tavern | |
Director: | René Chanas |
Producer: | René Chanas Robert Chabert |
Starring: | Michel Simon Jules Berry Blanchette Brunoy |
Music: | Jean Martinon |
Cinematography: | Nikolai Toporkoff |
Editing: | Claude Nicole |
Studio: | Les Acteurs et Techniciens Français |
Distributor: | Francinex |
Runtime: | 104 minutes |
Country: | France |
Language: | French |
The Crowned Fish Tavern (French: La taverne du poisson couronné) is a 1947 French drama film directed by René Chanas and starring Michel Simon, Jules Berry and Blanchette Brunoy.[1] [2] It was shot at the Epinay Studios outside Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Pierre Marquet.
In a port town captain Palmer returns to discovers that his daughter Maria's husband Leo has abandoned her to take up with another woman Sylvia. Palmer's attempts to confront him and fix the situation leads to the latter's murder in the Crowned Fish tavern of the title for which the wrong man is accused.