L'émigrante (1940)

1h 49min | Comedy, Drama | 14 March 1940 (France)

Fearing a gangster's vengeance,his moll sails away to South Africa ,where many emigrants intend to work in the mines there.

Director:

Léo Joannon

Writers:

Yves Allégret (story), Jean Aurenche (story) | 7 more credits »

Stars:

Edwige Feuillère, Jean Chevrier, Georges Lannes | See full cast & crew »

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Edwige Feuillère	...	Christiane Vallier
	Jean Chevrier	...	François Champart
	Georges Lannes	...	Tino
	Foun-Sen	...	L'Annamite aux béquilles (as Fouen-Sen)
	Palmyre Levasseur	...	La religieuse de l'hospice de Lisbonne (as Palmyre Bermont)
	Jacques Vitry	...	Le commissaire
	Edmond Van Daële	...	Un émigrant (as Van Daele)
	Philippe Richard	...	Le médecin-chef
	Serge Nadaud	...	Un officier
	Marcel Pérès	...	Gaston - un émigrant (as Marcel Peres)
	Marcel Duhamel
	Duluard
	Robert Brunet
	Paul Lluís	...	(as Paul Lhuis)
	Génia Vaury	...	Madame Vermeersch

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A woman who loves jewels is a gangster's lover.When he takes her precious necklace ,she gives him away to the police . Fearing his vengeance,she sails away to South Africa ,where many emigrants intend to work in the mines there. During the voyage,the heroine seduces men ,first a poor unlucky human wreck ,then a handsome lieutenant who is demoted when the captain discovers she shares his cabin. The emigrants realize they are not welcome in their new country but they rebel. Written by dbdumonteil

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