Boys' School

Name: Boys' School
Director: Christian-Jaque
Released: 1938
Cast: Michel Simon, Serge Grave, Erich von Stroheim, Armand Bernard, Marcel Mouloudji

by Christian-Jaque1h401938France

Recommended byPatrice Leconte

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In a French boys' school, three friends form a secret society. Their objective - going to America. At night, after one of their secret meetings, one of them sees a man coming out from a wall. The day after he talks about it, he disappears. Then the second boy vanishes. Then the art teacher is murdered. Suspicions now are high, so the third one decides to investigate.

Cast and crew

Credits
- Directed by : Christian-Jaque
- Screenplay : Jacques Prévert, Jean-Henri Blanchon
- Décors : Pierre Schild
- Editor : William Barache, Claude Nicole
- Original score : Henri Verdun
- Sound engineer : Jacques Hawadier
- Producer : Jean-Pierre Frogerais
- Producing company : Dimeco Productions, Les Films Vog
- Chef opérateur : Marcel Lucien
- Œuvre originale : Pierre Véry
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1938
- French release date : 6 avril 1938
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Black and White
- Language : français, anglais

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This film is recommended by
- Patrice Leconte
This film is part of the Cinematographic movement
"Réalisme poétique français"
See the other films of the movement

Boys' School

The film"s page

Credits

Technical details

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By the same director

Fan-Fan the Tulip

Who Killed Santa Claus?

From the same year

Alexander Nevsky

Monsieur Coccinelle

Port of Shadows

With the same cast

Michel Simon

La Poison

L'Atalante

Port of Shadows

Serge Grave

Confessions of a Cheat

Erich von Stroheim

The Grand Illusion

Foolish Wives

Intolerance

Armand Bernard

Der Kongreß tanzt

Marcel Mouloudji

We Are All Murderers

This film is recommended by

Patrice Leconte

This film is part of the Cinematographic movement

"Réalisme poétique français"