Tumultes (1932 film) explained

Tumultes
Director:Robert Siodmak
Music:Friedrich Hollaender
Gérard Jacobson
Cinematography:Otto Baecker
Günther Rittau
Runtime:92 minutes
Country:France

Tumultes is a 1932 French crime film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Charles Boyer and Florelle.[1] It was made at the Babelsberg Studio in Berlin and is a French-language version of Storms of Passion which was also directed by Siodmak, but with German actors.

Cast

Reception

The film received a very positive retropsective review in Le Monde.[2] Another review, also positive, recalls that Siodmak, one of the inventors of noir,[3] probably shocked the 1930s audience with this pessimistic thriller.[4] The film is also remembered for the songs it contains.[5]

References

  1. Web site: Tumultes (Robert Siodmak, 1931) - La Cinémathèque française . 2023-09-30 . www.cinematheque.fr.
  2. News: 2006-01-15 . Tumultes FILM Robert Siodmak . fr . Le Monde.fr . 2023-09-30.
  3. Book: Dumont, Hervé . Robert Siodmak: le maître du film noir . 1981 . L'AGE D'HOMME . 978-2-8251-3349-1 . fr.
  4. Web site: Travers . James . 2006 . Review of the film Tumultes (1932) . 2023-09-30 . frenchfilms.org . en.
  5. Book: Conway, Kelley . Chanteuse in the City: The Realist Singer in French Film . 2004 . University of California Press . 978-0-520-93857-1 . en.

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