The Gutter or The Stream (French: Le ruisseau) is a 1938 French drama film directed by Maurice Lehmann and Claude Autant-Lara and starring Françoise Rosay, Michel Simon, Gaby Sylvia and Ginette Leclerc. It is based on the 1907 play of the same title by Pierre Wolff. It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris and on location around Le Havre in Normandy. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux. The play had previously been adapted as a 1919 American silent film The Virtuous Model and a 1929 French silent The Gutter.
Cast
Françoise Rosay as Régina Berri
Michel Simon as Le comte Edouard de Bourgogne dit 'L'Escargot'
Gaby Sylvia as Denise
Ginette Leclerc as Ginette
Georges Lannes as Ricardo
Paul Cambo as Paul Prébant
Bernard Blier as Le chauffeur de taxi
Yves Deniaud as Le garçon de cabaret
References
Bibliography
Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, Volume 2. Pygmalion, 1986. Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002. Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
1938 films
French drama films
1938 drama films
1930s French-language films
French black-and-white films
1930s French films
Films directed by Claude Autant-Lara
French films based on plays
Sound film remakes of silent films
Films shot in Normandy
Films shot at Epinay Studios
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