Bethsabée
- Jacques Rémy
- Roger Vitrac
- Danielle Darrieux
- Georges Marchal
- Jean Murat
companies
Les Films Corona
- 21 November 1947 (1947-11-21)
Bethsabée is a 1947 French drama film directed by Léonide Moguy and starring Danielle Darrieux, Georges Marchal and Jean Murat. It is also known by the alternative title of Le Deserteur.[1] It is based on the 1938 novel of the same title by Pierre Benoît, set in French Morocco.[2] The title is a reference to the biblical story of Bathsheba.
It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Henri Ménessier and René Renoux.
Synopsis
Arabella comes out to French Morocco to join her fiancee, an officer serving with the spahis. One of the other officers is a former lover of hers, who knows all about her tumultuous past
Cast
- Danielle Darrieux as Arabella Delvert, A Woman Who Came to Join Her Lover In Morocco
- Georges Marchal as Captain Georges Dubreuil, The Head of A Spahis Post and Arabella's Lover
- Jean Murat as Colonel de Cervière
- Paul Meurisse as Captain Lucien Sommervill, Arabella's Ex-Lover
- Pierre-Louis as Lieutenant Testard
- Olivier Darrieux as The Driver
- Nicolas Vogel as The Adjutant
- Robert Darène as The Major
- Andrée Clément as Evelyne de Cerviere, The Colonel's Daughter
Also: France Mooréa, Larbi Tounsi, Paola Manelli, Mireille Ozy, José Davilla, René Pascal.
References
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
- Bethsabée at IMDb
- Besthabee at Unifrance
- Bethsabee at BFI
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