Sisters in Arms
Directed byLéon Poirier
Written byLéon Poirier
Antoine Redier
Produced byLéon Poirier
StarringJeanne Sully
Josette Day
Thomy Bourdelle
CinematographyGeorges Million
Edited byJacques Grassi
Music byClaude Delvincourt
Production
company
Societé Artistique Commerciale et Industrielle
Distributed byComptoir Français du Film Documentaire
Release date
2 December 1937
Running time
125 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Sisters in Arms (French: Soeurs d'armes) is a 1937 French spy drama film directed by Léon Poirier and starring Jeanne Sully, Josette Day and Thomy Bourdelle.[1][2] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Raymond Druart and Hugues Laurent.

Synopsis

During the First World War Louise de Bettignies and Léonie Vanhoutte form an underground intelligence operation in German-occupied Belgium and Northern France in conjunction with British military intelligence.

Cast

References

  1. Drazin p.185
  2. Welch p.162

Bibliography

  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986.
  • Drazin, Charles . The Faber Book of French Cinema. London: Faber & Faber, 2011.
  • Hayward, Susan. French National Cinema. Routledge, 2004.
  • 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.
  • Welch, David. Nazi Propaganda: The Power and the Limitations. Routledge, 2014.


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