The Strange Monsieur Victor (French: L'Étrange Monsieur Victor) is a 1938 French-German drama film directed by Jean Grémillon and starring Raimu, Pierre Blanchar and Madeleine Renaud. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Hunte and Willy Schiller. The film was made by the German major studio Universum Film AG in collaboration with its French subsidiary. It was the thirteenth most popular film at the French box office in 1938.
Synopsis
Victor Agardanne, a respectable businessman in Toulon, secretly works as a fence receiving stolen goods. When he is threatened with blackmail over his clandestine activities, he murders the man. He allows an innocent man to be arrested for the crime and be sent to a South American penal colony. When the wronged man escapes from prison, he heads back to Toulon to seek revenge against whoever really committed the murder.
Cast
Raimu as Victor Agardanne
Pierre Blanchar as Bastien Robineau
Madeleine Renaud as Magdeleine Agardanne
Marcelle Géniat as La mère de Victor
Andrex as Robert Cerani
Georges Flamant as Amédée
Charles Blavette as Le premier inspecteur
Marcel Maupi as Rémi
Charblay as M. Noir
Armand Larcher as L'inspecteur #2
Viviane Romance as Adrienne Robineau
Roger Peter as Un enfant
Daniel Kahya as Un enfant
Odette Roger as Mme Marie
Édouard Delmont as Paroli
References
Bibliography
Driskell, Jonathan. The French Screen Goddess: Film Stardom and the Modern Woman in 1930s France. I.B.Tauris, 2015.