Casabianca is a 1951 French war drama film directed by Georges Péclet and starring Pierre Dudan, Gérard Landry and Alain Terrane.Langlois p.147 It portrays the story of the French submarine in World War Two.Technicolor Adventures In Bagdad R. N. The Christian Science Monitor 6 September 1952: 13. It is also known as Pirate Submarine and was released in the United States by Lippert Pictures in 1952. It was made in French and released in a dubbed English version.PIRATE SUBMARINE (Casabianca) Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 21, Iss. 240, (Jan 1, 1954): 179. The French Navy submarine , a sister ship of Casabianca, was used in the making of the film. Exteriors were shot in Algiers in French Algeria and the naval port of Toulon.
Plot
The film is based on the true story of the Casabianca. Rather than be scuttled along with the rest of the French fleet in Toulon when German forces invaded the remainder of Unoccupied France in 1942, it escaped and crossed to Algiers which was now under the control of the Allies. It then participated in the successful liberation of Corsica by supporting an uprising by the Maquis.
Cast Pierre Dudan as Sgt. Tony Luccioni Gérard Landry as Lt. Delac Jean Vilmont as Chief Engineer Marac Alain Terrane as 'Mistral', tall sailor Jean Vilar as Submarine Commandant Jean L'Herminier Michel Vadet as Captain Le Gallec Johnny Marchand as Landau Paulette Andrieux as Maria Alan Adair as Lt. Dudley Paul Mesnier as Admiral
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External links
Casabianca at the British Film Institute