Endless Horizons (French: Horizons sans fin) is a 1953 French drama film directed by Jean Dréville and starring Giselle Pascal, Jean Chevrier and René Blancard. It was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.[1] [2] Location shooting took place at the Enghien Moisselles Airfield. The film's sets were designed by the art director Raymond Gabutti.
Synopsis
The film is a biopic of the pioneering French aviatrix Hélène Boucher who broke a number of woman's flying records before her death in a crash in 1934.
Cast
- Giselle Pascal as Hélène Boucher
- Jean Chevrier as André Danet
- René Blancard as René Gaudin
- Paul Frankeur as Soupape
- Maurice Ronet as Marc Caussade
- Marie-France Planeze as Geneviève Gaudin
- Hubert de Malet as Brunel
- Christiane Barry as Jacqueline
- Jacques Bernard as Pigeon
- Lisette Lebon as Jacquotte
- Pierre Trabaud as Pierre Castel
- Marcel André as Dusmesnil
- Micheline Gary
- Guy Derlan as Fougères
- François Joux as 1er actionnaire
- Marcel Josz as 2ème actionnaire
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Endless Horizons". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 22 August 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
- ^ Bessy & Chirat p.186
Bibliography
- Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1951-1955. Pygmalion, 1989.
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