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Directed by | Jacques de Baroncelli |
Written by | Jacques de Baroncelli |
Based on | L'Affaire Crainquebille by Anatole France |
Produced by | Aimé Frapin |
Starring | Félicien Tramel Rachel Devirys Jeanne Fusier-Gir |
Cinematography | Jean Bachelet |
Edited by | Roger Leenhardt Paula Neurisse |
Music by | Roland Manuel |
Production company | Les Films Artistiques Français |
Distributed by | Societe d'Edition et de Location de Films |
Release date | 6 March 1934 |
Running time | 65 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Crainquebille is a 1934 French drama film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli and starring Félicien Tramel, Rachel Devirys and Jeanne Fusier-Gir.[1] It is based on the 1901 story L'Affaire Crainquebille by Anatole France, which had previously been adapted into a 1922 silent film Crainquebille directed by Jacques Feyder.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Claude Bouxin.
A Paris costermonger is sentence to fifteen days in prison for insulting a police officer. On his release he finds himself shunned by his former customers, loses his business and develops suicidal feelings. He is revived by the kindness of a street boy from Montmartre who inspires him to rebuild his life.