Film
Port of Shadows (1938)
...Jean... fugitive... stumbling into love and one last desperate adventure... for a girl he had not even known the night before...
Crime, Drama, Romance· Directed by Marcel Carné· 93 min
Overview
Down a foggy, desolate road to the port city of Le Havre travels Jean, an army deserter looking for another chance to make good on life. Fate, however, has a different plan for him, as acts of both revenge and kindness render him front-page news.
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- Nelly... girl of the waterfront... who at seventeen... had lived far beyond her years
- Tender... frankly adult. Filled with almost every emotion known to man
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- ...A Story Which the French Have Put On the Screen With Daring Skill!
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- Winner of Six International Awards
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Connections
Top billing
- Jean Gabin as Jean
- Michel Simon as Zabel
- Michèle Morgan as Nelly
- Pierre Brasseur as Lucien
- Édouard Delmont as Panama