Les Chiffonniers d'Emmaüs
A Feature film of
Produced by
Production year1955
French release23/02/1955
Runtime
1h 40m
Synopsis
Les Chiffonniers D'Emmaus (The Rapickers of Emmaus) is based on a novel by Boris Simon. Andre Reybaz stars as the Abbe Pierre, a real-life religious leader who rescued hundreds of homeless people during the deadly European winter of 1953. Taking over a deserted mansion, the Abbe opens his doors to the tired, the poor, the wretched refuse of France. The individual stories of these unfortunates, told in flashback, make up the bulk of the film. Particularly good are Pierre Trabaud as an ex-convict who can't get a break, and Charles Moulin as a likeable, washed-up boxer.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (32)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producers : Cocinor, Les Films de l'Abeille, Nordia Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Editions René Château
- French distribution : Cocinor
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producers : Ignace Morgenstern, Jules Desurmont
- Screenwriter : René Barjavel
- Dialogue Writer : René Barjavel
- Director of Photography : Jean Bourgoin
- Music Composer : Joseph Kosma
- Assistant directors : Marcel Camus, Georges Lautner
- Editors : Raymond Lamy, Germaine Artus
- Sound Recordist : Lucien Lacharmoise
- Author of original work : Boris Simon
- Production Manager : Maurice Juven
- Continuity supervisor : Suzanne Durrenberger
- Production Designer : Louis Le Barbenchon
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Production language : French
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French
- Production year : 1955
- French release : 23/02/1955
- Runtime : 1 h 40 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 15480
- Visa issue date : 07/02/1955
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Mono
