Eight Men in a Castle (French: Huit hommes dans un château) is a 1942 French mystery crime directed by Richard Pottier and starring René Dary, Jacqueline Gauthier and Aline Carola.https://www.unifrance.org/film/35995/huit-hommes-dans-un-chateauRège p.319Siclier p.110 It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in Courbevoie in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Marcel Mary. It was based on the 1934 novel of the same title by Jean Kéry.
Synopsis Following the sinking of a ship, the various survivors meet up again in a castle in the provinces. A series of murders take place around a mystery solving an inheritance that draws in amongst others a husband and wife team of detective novelists and a young actor.
Cast René Dary as Monsieur Paladine Jacqueline Gauthier as Madame Paladine Aline Carola as Hélène de Chanceau Louis Salou as Delaunay Colette Régis as La comtesse de Chanceau André Carnège as Le juge d'instruction Pierre Palau as Le notaire Jean Meyer as Le neveu du notaire Maurice Pierrat as Le maître d'hôtel Jean Daurand as L'acrobate Charles Lemontier as Le cuisinier Jean Morel as Le commandant Dupuis Gabrielle Fontan as L'aubergiste Eugène Frouhins as Le jardinier Georges Vasty as L'inspecteur Robert Arpin as Le mousse Georges Grey as Alain Severac
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Bibliography Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. Leahy, Sarah & Vanderschelden, Isabelle. Screenwriters in French cinema. Manchester University Press, 2021. Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009. Siclier, Jacques. La France de Pétain et son cinéma. H. Veyrier, 1981.
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