Port of Shadows | |
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Directed by | Marcel Carné |
Written by | Jacques Prévert (scenario and dialogue) Pierre Mac Orlan (novel) |
Produced by | Gregor Rabinovitch |
Starring | Jean Gabin Michel Simon Michèle Morgan Pierre Brasseur |
Cinematography | Eugen Schüfftan |
Edited by | René Le Hénaff |
Music by | Maurice Jaubert |
Production company | Franco London Films[1] |
Distributed by | Osso Films (France) Film Alliance of the United States Inc. (US) |
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Running time | 91 min |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Port of Shadows (French: Le Quai des brumes [lə kɛ de bʁym], "The dock of mists") is a 1938 French film directed by Marcel Carné. An example of poetic realism, it stars Jean Gabin, Michel Simon and Michèle Morgan. The screenplay was written by Jacques Prévert based on a novel by Pierre Mac Orlan.[2] The music score was by Maurice Jaubert. The film was the 1939 winner of France's top cinematic prize, the Prix Louis-Delluc.
According to Charles O'Brien, the film is one of the earliest to be called film noir by critics (1939, France).[3][4]