The Devil's Envoys
Synopsis
At the end of the 15th century, two minstrels Gilles and Dominique come from nowhere into the castle of Baron Hugues. Gilles charms Anne, Hughes' daughter, while Dominique charms both Hugues and Ann's fiance. Gilles and Dominique are not really in love : they are sent by the Devil to desperate people. But Ann is so pure that Gilles is caught to his own trap... How will they fight against the Devil ?
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Actors (24)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Productions André Paulvé
- Film exports/foreign sales : SND
Full credits (12)
- Screenwriters : Jacques Prévert, Pierre Laroche
- Director of Photography : Roger Hubert
- Music Composers : Joseph Kosma, Maurice Thiriet
- Assistant Director : Michelangelo Antonioni
- Editor : Henri Rust
- Sound Recordist : Jacques Lebreton
- Costume designer : Georges Wakhevitch
- Producer : André Paulvé
- Camera Operator : Marc Fossard
- Production managers : Georges Lampin, Emile Darbon
- Production Designer : Georges Wakhevitch
- Artistic Director : Alexandre Trauner
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- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fantasy, Philosophical tale
- Themes : Middle Ages, Love, Death, Imagination, Religion
- Production language : French
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1942
- French release : 05/12/1942
- Runtime : 2 h
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 9
- Visa issue date : 04/12/1942
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Mono
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The film was shot in Nice, in Vichy (France), and due to the war, Carné faced a number of difficulties in making the film. Due to the increased censorship during the war, Carné wanted to make a historical and fantastical film that would have little difficulty with the censors.
The film premiered at Paris’s Madeleine Cinema on Dec 4, 1942 and was one of the biggest film events during the war. It was called "the grandest film of the Occupation." One of the reasons that the film was such a huge success was due to murmuring before the film was released that the film was an allegory for the current situation. Many people saw the character of the Devil as representing Hitler and the continued beating hearts of the lovers as representing France living under German rule, but not giving up hope. Carné maintained until his death that the film was not an intentional allegory for the war and that any relationship was purely unconscious.
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