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Bethsabée (1947)
Directed by Léonide Moguy
Drama · 1h 37m
Danielle Darrieux stars as Arabella Delvaire in this baroque adaptation of Pierre Benoit's novel Bethshabee. Arabella is a woman of the world who arrives at a remote Foreign Legion outpost for a rendezvous with her current lover, Captain Duveuil. It so happens that one of Arabella's previous amours, Captain Somerville (Paul Meurisse), is also serving at the same post. So much for joining the Foreign Legion to forget. A climactic knife duel "solves" the film's various plot complications. Despite its Foreign Legion background, Bethsabee has next to no action, which must have made things difficult when the film was distributed to the U.S.
Cast
Danielle Darrieux
Arabella Delvert
Georges Marchal
Le capitaine Georges Dubreuil
Jean Murat
Le Colonel de Cervière
Paul Meurisse
Le capitaine Lucien Sommervill - l'ex amant d'Arabella
Pierre-Louis
Le lieutenant Testard (as Pierre Louis)
O
Olivier Darrieux
Le chauffeur
F
France Mooréa
N
Nicolas Vogel
L'adjudant
L
Larbi Tounsi
(as Tounsi)
Robert Darène
Le major
Andrée Clément
Evelyne - la fille du colonel, maîtresse de Sommerville
J
José Davilla
Petit rôle (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Léonide Moguy
- Novel
- Pierre Benoît
- Director of Photography
- Nicolas Hayer
- Original Music Composer
- Joseph Kosma
- Editor
- Borys Lewin
- Producer
- Raymond Borderie
Details
- Release date
- 1947-11-21
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique, Les Films Corona