Les Bateliers de la Volga (1935)
In 1912, a Russian officer is wrongly accused of having stolen important papers. His only alibi being to have spent the night with the wife of a colonel, he allows himself to be condemned so as not to compromise the latter. He manages to escape and hides in the guise of a poor boatman. One day, the truth comes out, the colonel commits suicide and the lovers are finally reunited.
Director:
Vladimir Strizhevsky
Writer:
Joseph Kessel
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Pierre Blanchar as Lieutenant Vadime Borzin |
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Véra Korène as Lydia Goreff |
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Charles Vanel as Colonel Goreff |
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Valéry Inkijinoff as Kiro |
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Raymond Aimos as Broïnka |
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Léon Courtois as |
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Albert Duvaleix as Boatman |
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Pierre Labry as Kouproff |
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Georges Marceau as |
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Jean Marconi as Young officer |
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Georges Prieur as Judge |
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Edouard Rousseau as |
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Maurice Tillet as Boatman |
| Directing | Vladimir Strizhevsky | Director |
| Writing | Joseph Kessel | Screenplay |
| Writing | Joseph Kessel | Novel |
| Writing | Paul Bringuier | Writer |