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'Sables' is a 1927 French silent film directed by Dimitri Kirsanoff and starring Colette Darfeuil, Gina Mans and Nadia Sibirskaa.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.229

Richard Abel, in his history of French cinema of this period, positions 'Sables' firmly in a wave of films made at this time in the exotic locations of North Africa and the French colonies. 'Sables' was one of a series made by French filmmakers at this time: Toussaint's 'InchAllah', Luitz-Morat's 'Le sang dAllah' ("Allah's blood") and Hugon's 'Yasmina'.

'Sables' fits into this pattern with a melodramatic plot that uses the Tunisian desert as its background adding mystery and the unknown.

The cast included the director's wife at the time, Nadia Sibirskaa, who played a similar role for him in 'Menilmontant'.

The cinematographer was Roger Hubert in what was his third feature, subsequently lighting 'Les Visiteurs du Soir' and 'Les Enfants du Paradis'.

Kirsanoff had no illusions about what he had made: he described the film as "Terrible, childish, stupid, merely amusingan imbecile wrote the story".

Cast



* Colette Darfeuil - Gladys

* Gina Mans - Madame de Varennes

* Edmond Van Dale - Monsieur de Varennes

* Nadia Sibirskaa - Yvonne

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Bibliography



* Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. 'The A to Z of French Cinema'. Scarecrow Press, 2009.


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