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Picpus (film)

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Picpus
Belgian poster
Directed byRichard Pottier
Written byJean-Paul Le Chanois
Based onSigné Picpus by Georges Simenon
Produced byAlfred Greven
StarringAlbert Préjean
Juliette Faber
Jean Tissier
CinematographyCharles Bauer
Edited byGérard Bensdorp
Music byJacques Météhen
Production
company
Distributed byFilms Sonores Tobis
Release date
  • 23 February 1943 (1943-02-23)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Picpus is a 1943 French film noir mystery crime film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Albert Préjean, Juliette Faber and Jean Tissier.[1] It was produced by the German-controlled Continental Films during the occupation of France.[2] It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris.[3] The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrej Andrejew.

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References

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  1. ^ Spicer p.455
  2. ^ Leteux p.188
  3. ^ Leteux p.218

Bibliography

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  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950. Pygmalion, 1986.
  • Leteux, Christine. Continental Films: French Cinema under German Control. University of Wisconsin Press, 2022.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
  • Spicer, Andrew. Historical Dictionary of Film Noir. Scarecrow Press, 2010.
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