Departure (French: Partir) is a 1931 French drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Jean Marchat, Simone Cerdan and Gaby Basset. It was based on a novel by Roland Dorgelès.Waldman p.144 It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier.
Synopsis An opera singer travelling with her company on a passenger ship for a tour of French Indochina, encounters a mysterious young man who she falls in love with.
Cast Jean Marchat as Jacques Largy Simone Cerdan as Florence Bernard Ginette d'Yd as Odette Nicolai Gaby Basset as Carmen Charles Prince as Le comique Fichel as Prater Gaston Mauger as Félix, le directeur Georges Paulais as Le docteur Charles Barrois as Le commissaire de bord Jacques Anderson as Le lieutenant blond Lugné-Poe as Daniel Garrot Hélène Robert as Micaella Christiane Tourneur as Musette Mary Ganesco as Madame Pascalin
References
Bibliography Waldman, Harry. Maurice Tourneur: The Life and Films. McFarland, 2008.
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