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Le val d'enfer

  • 19431943
  • 1h 28m
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6.5/10
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Le val d'enfer (1943)
DramaRomance
Near a quarry, men work under a blistering sun.A forty-something ,mad about his young wife, takes his parents to a home for retired people.Near a quarry, men work under a blistering sun.A forty-something ,mad about his young wife, takes his parents to a home for retired people.Near a quarry, men work under a blistering sun.A forty-something ,mad about his young wife, takes his parents to a home for retired people.
IMDb RATING
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  • Director
    • Maurice Tourneur
  • Writer
    • Carlo Rim(dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Ginette Leclerc
    • Gabrielle Fontan
    • Nicole Chollet
  • Director
    • Maurice Tourneur
  • Writer
    • Carlo Rim(dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Ginette Leclerc
    • Gabrielle Fontan
    • Nicole Chollet
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    • 4User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Ginette Leclerc
    Ginette Leclerc
    • Marthe
    Gabrielle Fontan
    • La mère Bienvenu
    Nicole Chollet
    • Gustine
    Colette Régis
    • La religieuse
    Gabriel Gabrio
    Gabriel Gabrio
    • Noël Bienvenu
    Édouard Delmont
    Édouard Delmont
    • Le père Bienvenu
    Lucien Gallas
    • Barthélémy
    Raymond Cordy
    Raymond Cordy
    • Poiroux
    Charles Blavette
    Charles Blavette
    • Cagnard
    • (as Blavette)
    André Reybaz
    • Bastien Bienvenu
    Paul Fournier
    • Romieux
    Edmond Beauchamp
    • Rodrigo
    • (uncredited)
    Jean-Marie Boyer
    • La Punaise
    • (uncredited)
    Ricardo Bravo
    • José
    • (uncredited)
    Marcel Delaître
    Marcel Delaître
    • Le juge d'instruction
    • (uncredited)
    Albert Malbert
    • Combarnoux
    • (uncredited)
    Georges Patrix
    • Le Sauvage
    • (uncredited)
    Marcel Raine
    • Antonin
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Maurice Tourneur
    • Writer
      • Carlo Rim(dialogue) (screenplay)
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      Nicole Chollet's debut.

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    8/10
    A Vichy-era double-edged sword
    The "valley of hell" is a stone quarry in rural France and when its boss marries the wayward daughter of his deceased best friend, she sets about tearing his family asunder. The tale's an old chestnut that's been done many times before and since (THE SQUALL '29, GUEST IN THE HOUSE '44, LURE OF THE SILA, SUSANA '51, LOUISIANA HUSSY '59) but in Nazi-occupied France it must have resonated as a double-edged sword for while the film can be seen as a paean to Pétain's ideology of "Work, Family, Country", Maurice Tourneur's provincial melodrama can also be claimed by the Resistance as a metaphor for "fighting fire with fire" when a destructive interloper threatens home and hearth. Highly recommended.
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    • Release date
      • September 22, 1943 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Valley of Hell
    • Filming locations
      • Dammarie-Les-Lys, Seine-et-Marne, France
    • Production company
      • Continental Films
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      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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