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Le Corsaire (film)

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Wikipedia article




'Le Corsaire' ("The Pirate") is an unfinished 1939 French film. It would have marked the screen debut of Louis Jourdan.

Plot



Some actors put on a play about a pirate, and find themselves encountering similarities from the play in their own lives.

Production



Charles Boyer returned from Hollywood to appear in the movie which was filmed at Victorine Studios in Nice, August September 1939. However production ceased on the declaration of war and Boyer returned to America.[http://www.run4.us/louisjourdan/corsaire.htm 'Le Corsaire' at Louis Jourdan website] accessed 20 January 2014 The film was never completed, although some footage of it was later released.[http://www.alostfilm.com/2013/10/the-corsair.html 'Le Corsair'] at A Lost Film

A documentary about the making of the movie was released in 1995.[http://www.lussasdoc.org/film-autour_du_corsaire-1,2183.html?locale=en_US "Autour du Corsaire"] accessed 23 January 2014

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