L'Atalante

by Jean Vigo1h291933France
L'Atalante

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A young bargeman's wife is fed up with her dreary life on the barge, "l'Atalante". She takes off attracted to the bright city life, leaving her husband in deep despair, only to return to a cruelly disappointed woman. The quiet happiness of their life with Jules the old bargeman resumes its course.

Cast and crew

  • Credits

    • Distributor : Gaumont
    • Production Compagny : Argui-Films, Gaumont-Franco Film-Aubert (GFFA)
    • Director : Jean Vigo
    • Scenario : Jean Vigo, Albert Riéra
    • Original Music : Charles Goldblatt, Maurice Jaubert
    • Photo Director : Boris Kaufman
    • Producer : Jacques Louis-Nounez
    • Original Work Author : Jean Guinée
    • Set Decoration : Francis Jourdain
    • Sound Recorder : Marcel Royné
    • Editing : Louis Chavance

  • Technical details

    • Printed format : 35 mm
    • Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
    • Year of production : 1933
    • French release date : 24 avril 1934
    • Category : Feature film
    • Color : Black and White
    • Language : French

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