Threats (film)

Threats (French: Menaces) is a 1940 French drama film directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Mireille Balin, John Loder, Ginette Leclerc and Erich von Stroheim.[1] Gréville began production on the film shortly after the Munich Agreement of September 1938.[2] It was shot at the François 1er Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Jaquelux.

Threats
Directed byEdmond T. Gréville
Written byCurt Alexander
Edmond T. Gréville
Pierre Lestringuez
Produced byPierre Braunberger
StarringMireille Balin
John Loder
Ginette Leclerc
Erich von Stroheim
CinematographyAlain Douarinou
Nicolas Hayer
Otto Heller
André Thomas
Edited byTennisen
Music byMaurice Bellecour
Guy Lafarge
Production
companies
Société de Production du Film Cinq Jours d'Angoisse
Union Française de Production Cinématographique
Distributed byLes Films G.É.C.É
Release date
11 January 1940
Running time
95 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Synopsis

In the late 1930s a number of refugees from various European countries are living in the same hotel in the Latin Quarter of Paris. The caring Denise is sympathetic to their plight, particularly that of Professor Hoffman who is in exile from his family and homeland. The more frivolous Ginette, meanwhile, uses the hotel for rendezvous with her lover Dick Stone, an Englishman living abroad to avoid potential military service. The prospect of the impending Second World War plays an increasing role on the various characters.

Cast

References
  1. Lennig p.472
  2. Neupert p.278

Bibliography
  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986.
  • Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
  • Lennig, Arthur. Stroheim. University Press of Kentucky, 2004.
  • Neupert, Richard. French Film History, 1895–1946. University of Wisconsin Pres, 2022.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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