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It Happened in Aden
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Wikipedia article
'It Happened in Aden' (French: 'C'est arriv Aden...') is a 1956 French historical comedy film directed by Michel Boisrond and starring Andr Luguet, Jacques Dacqmine and Dany Robin.Hayward p.399 It is based on the 1940 novel 'The Environs of Aden' by Pierre Benot.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Ren Moulaert.
Synopsis
In the late nineteenth century, a French theatrical troupe become stranded in the British colony of Aden where the officers of the garrison woo the leading stars. One of them Albine attracts the interest of a local Prince there to sign a treaty with the British, leading to his kidnapping her.
Cast
* Andr Luguet as Sir Richard Wilkinson le gouverneur d'Aden
* Jacques Dacqmine as Le major Burton
* Dany Robin as Albine
* Robert Manuel as Zafarana
* Elina Labourdette as Simone
* Edmond Ardisson as Le patron
* Jean Bretonnire as Prince de Khamarkar
* Genevive Brunet as Margaret
* Georges Chamarat as Le capitaine du navire
* Maurice Dorlac
* Jacques Duby as Gremilly
* Michel Etcheverry as Le pasteur Sanderman
* Jacques Ferrire as Joyce
* Madeleine Ganne
* Clment Harari as Abdullah
* Charles Lemontier
* Michael Lonsdale as Sinclair
* Odile Mallet as Elizabeth
* Jacques Morlaine
* Dominique Page as Lucette
* Laure Paillette
* Robert Pizani as Hubert Robert
* Claude Rich as Price
* Roger Saget as Clairville
* Bachir Tour as Ali
* Andr Versini as Lusignan
References
Bibliography
* Hayward, Susan. 'French Costume Drama of the 1950s: Fashioning Politics in Film'. Intellect Books, 2010.
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