Tamara (French: Tamara la complaisante) is a 1938 French drama film directed by Jean Delannoy and Félix Gandéra and starring Véra Korène, Victor Francen and Lucas Gridoux.[1] [2] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Lucien Aguettand and Robert Gys.
Synopsis
Fur trader Grigory is in Siberia to marry his fiancée Lydia, but becomes enthralled by Tamara a peasant girl he encounters. He abandons his fiancée and turns to a life of crime.
Cast
- Véra Korène as Tamara
- Victor Francen as Grigory
- Lucas Gridoux as Mossilieff
- Jacques Berlioz as Torkoff
- Régine Poncet as Lydia
- Colette Darfeuil as Pachenka
- Jeanne Marie-Laurent as Maria Fedorovna
- Joë Hamman as Abenkine
- Maxime Fabert as Padiloff
- Camille Bert as Le chef de la police
- Edmond Beauchamp as Borojski
- André Carnège as Simoën
References
Bibliography
- Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986.
- Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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