Black Sun (French: Soleil noir) is a 1966 French-Italian crime thriller film directed by Denys de La Patellière and starring Michèle Mercier, Daniel Gélin and Valentina Cortese.https://www.unifrance.org/film/3378/soleil-noir It was shot at the Boulogne Studios in Paris and on location near Ouargla in Algeria. The film's sets were designed by the art director Léon Barsacq.Bessy, Chirat & Bernard p.79-80
Synopsis The heiress Christine Rodier travels to a North Africa to find her long-lost brother Guy, who has been living in the Sahara Desert. Wanted for his collaboration with the Germans during the Second World War, he is living amongst former Nazis and other unsavoury types in a remote location.
Cast Michèle Mercier as Christine Rodier Daniel Gélin as Guy Rodier David O'Brien as Eliott Valentina Cortese as Maria Louis Seigner as Gaston Rodier Denis Savignat as Simon Denise Vernac as Elise Rodier Harry Riebauer as Herman Patrick Balkany as Patrick Rodier Maurice Garrel as Collabo Carlos da Silva as Franco Jean Topart as Bayard Michel de Ré as Ergy Jean Martinelli as Le curé Frank Villard as Le curé Jacques Monod as Gorel
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Bibliography Bessy, Maurice, Chirat, Raymond & Bernard, André. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films 1966-1970. Pygmalion, 1986. Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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