The Blue Danube (1940 film)

The Blue Danube
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Directed by	Emil E. Reinert Alfred Rode
Produced by	Alfred Rode
Written by	Gérard Carlier Yvan Noé Emil E. Reinert
Starring	Madeleine Sologne José Noguéro Marguerite Moreno
Music by	Joe Hajos
Cinematography	Enzo Riccioni
Edited by	Suzanne Bon
Production company	Films Alfred Rodea
Distributed by	Societe d'Edition et de Location de Films
Release dates	20 March 1940
Running time	84 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The Blue Danube (French: Le Danube bleu) is a 1940 drama film directed by Emil E. Reinert and Alfred Rode and starring Madeleine Sologne, José Noguéro and Marguerite Moreno. The film's sets were designed by the art director Émile Duquesne. Rode had produced a previous version of the film featuring Conchita Montenegro and Thomy Bourdelle but the negative of this was damaged during a March 1939 fire at the LTC laboratories in Paris and had to be re-shot with a different cast.

Synopsis

The attractive Anika is courted both by fellow gypsy Sandor and by the wealthy Féry. When the latter is found murdered, Sandor is chief suspect and its arrested. With the assistance of the fortune teller Maria, Anika sets out to find the truth about the matter.

Cast

• Madeleine Sologne as Anika
• José Noguéro as Sandor
• Marguerite Moreno as Maria, la cartomancienne
• Jean Galland as Rakos
• Simone Héliard as Ilona
• Zita Fiore as Zita - La chanteuse
• Allain Dhurtal as Joska
• Raymond Segard as Féry
• Jean Témerson as Alexander
• Alfred Rode as Imre
• Claude Roy as Le petit garçon

Bibliography

• Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.

External links

• The Blue Danube at IMDb