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MALDONE (Original title)
Date: 1927 (Release)

Country: France

Director: Jean Grémillon

Synopsis: The elder son of a family leaves home for a casual life. He is found by a servant and brought back when he is the heir but gets tired of respectability and leaves again.

Genre:
Drama
Credits (15)
Production Company: Société des Films Charles Dullin, Assistant Director: Georges Lacombe, Assistant Director: André Barsacq, Screenplay: Alexandre Arnoux, Photography: Georges Périnal, Photography: Christian Matras, Music: Marcel Delannoy, Music: Jacques Brilloin, Based on themes by: Maurice Jaubert, Based on themes by: Claude Debussy, Based on themes by: Jean Grémillon, Based on themes by: Erik Satie, Based on themes by: Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger
Cast (22)
Génica Athanasiou (Zita), Annabella (Flora), Charles Dullin (Olivier Maldone), Gabrielle Fontan (farmer), Geymond-vital (Marcellin Maldone), André Bacque (Juste), Georges Seroff (Léonard), Roger Karl (Levigné), Edmond Beauchamp (Bohemian), Daniel Lecourtois (dancer), Charles Lavialle (postman), Jean Mamy (sailor), Roland Six (villager), Lucien Arnaud (traveller), Breugnot (station master), Alexei Bondireff (bargee), Marcelle Charles-Dullin (Misia, a traveller), Isabelle Kloukowsky (Bohemian), Mathilde Alberti (grocer), Lily Doley, Hélène Christiane, Kira Makaroff
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (2)
In: Positif n494 April 2002  Pages: 74-103
Title: Dossier: Jean GrémillonArticle type: ArticleLanguage: French
Description: Dossier on Jean Grémillon, including an analysis of MALDONE, La PETITE LISE, DAINAH LA METISSE, GUEULE D'AMOUR, L'AMOUR D'UNE FEMME, a DVD review on REMORQUES, and a report of an exhibition dedicated to the director at the BNF in 2001.

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