L'Esclave blanche
A Feature film of
Produced by
Production year1939
French release18/02/1939
Runtime1 h 38 min
Synopsis
Set in the pre-WWI Ottoman Empire, the film stars Vivian Romance as the newly wed French wife of Ottoman official John Lodge. Subject to the edicts set down by local sultan Marcel Dalio, the fiercely independent Romance finds that, as a woman, she has no legal rights, and must bow to her husband in all decisions -- even unto standing by helplessly as he welcomes his mistress into their household. Thus it is that, though she lives in comfort and luxury, the heroine is little more than a "white slave" in a male-dominated society. How she comes to grips with this realization is the dramatic crux of the film.
Credits
Actors (24)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Lucia Film
- French distribution : Les Distributions Associées
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producer : Romain Pinès
- Dialogue Writer : Steve Passeur
- Director of Photography : Michel Kelber
- Music Composers : Paul Dessau, Maurice Jaubert
- Assistant director : Jacqueline Audry
- Editor : Louisette Hautecoeur
- Sound Recordist : Robert Teisseire
- Costume designer : Jacques Manuel
- Camera Operator : Marcel Weiss
- Production Manager : Constantin Geftman
- Production Designers : André Andrejew, Guy De Gastyne
- Still Photographer : Roger Forster
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Adventure
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 1939
- French release : 18/02/1939
- Runtime : 1 h 38 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 659
- Visa issue date : 30/09/1943
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Mono
