Main Cast: Michèle Morgan, Jean Gabin, Michel Simon, Pierre Brasseur
Release Year: 1938
Country: FR
Run Time: 91 minutes
Plot
Adapted from a novel by Jacques Prevert, Port of Shadows (Quai des brumes) stars that eternal victim of society, Jean Gabin. Having deserted the French army, Gabin ducks into a back alley and meets the lovely Michelle Morgan. He becomes her champion by taking on her evil "protectors" (Michel Simon, Pierre Brasseur), but loses his last bid for freedom--and his life--in the process. Irredeemably gloomy, Port of Shadows was a primary influence in the "film noir" genre pursued by Hollywood in the 1940s. The film was the first of three collaborations between writer Jacques Prevert and director Marcel Carne, culminating in the incomparable Les Enfants du Paradis (1944). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Raymond Aimos - Quart-Vittel; Jenny Burnay - Lucien's Friend; Edouard Delmont - Panama; René Génin - Docteur; Robert Le Vigan - Michel Krauss; Marcel Pérès - Chauffeur; Roger Legris
Credit
Marcel Carné - Director, René Le Henaff - Editor, Maurice Jaubert - Composer (Music Score), Alexandre Trauner - Production Designer, Louis Page - Cinematographer, Eugen Schüftan - Cinematographer, Simon Schiffrin - Production Manager, Gregor Rabinovitch - Producer, Antoine Archimbaud - Sound/Sound Designer, Jacques Prévert - Screenwriter, Pierre MacOrlan - Book Author
La Marie du port (1950) ·Juliette, or Key of Dreams (1951) ·Thérèse Raquin (1953) ·Air of Paris (1954) ·The Country I Come From (1956) ·The Cheaters (1958)
1960s
Wasteland (1960) ·Chicken Feed for Little Birds (1963) ·Three Rooms in Manhattan (1965) ·Young Wolves (1968)
1970s
Law Breakers (1971) ·The Marvelous Visit (1974) ·The Bible (1977)
