| Widow's Island | |
| Director: | Claude Heymann |
| Producer: | Henry Deutschmeister |
| Starring: | Pierre Renoir Marcelle Chantal Aimé Clariond |
| Music: | Ralph Erwin |
| Cinematography: | Jean-Paul Goreaud |
| Studio: | Franco London Films Haussmann Films |
| Distributor: | Generalcine (Italy) |
| Runtime: | 90 minutes |
| Country: | France |
| Language: | French |
Widow's Island (French: L'île des veuves) is a 1937 French war drama film directed by Claude Heymann and starring Pierre Renoir, Marcelle Chantal and Aimé Clariond.[1] [2] A separate British version of the story A Romance in Flanders was also produced, with Chantal appearing in both versions.
In the First World War during the Battle of Widow's Island on the Western Front, a soldier of the British Army Richard Trent is left wounded by his comrade Ralph Berry and is presumed dead. The two men had been competing for the love of Yvonne, who marries Berry. Many years later the couple return for a commemoration of the battle and Yvonne encounters a battlefield tour guide who strongly resembles her former fiancée Trent.