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Port of Shadows (French: Le Quai des brumes [lə kɛ de bʁym], "The dock of mists") is a 1938 French film directed by Marcel Carné. An example of poetic realism, it stars Jean Gabin, Michel Simon and Michèle Morgan. The screenplay was written by Jacques Prévert based on a novel by Pierre Mac Orlan. The music score was by Maurice Jaubert.
Port of Shadows. Down a foggy, desolate road to the port city of Le Havre travels Jean (Jean Gabin), 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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Jean (Jean Gabin) is an army deserter who arrives in Le Havre, France, planning to leave the country on one of the many ships anchored there. He gets distracted in the foggy port city, however ...
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- Jean Gabin
- Marcel Carné
- Drama, Crime, Romance
Jean Gabin stars as an army deserter looking for another chance to make good in life in Marcel Carné’s stark portrayal of an underworld of lonely souls wrestling with their own destinies. Port of Shadows is a quintessential example of poetic realism from the golden age of French cinema.
Jul 19, 2004 · Trauner apprenticed with Lazar Meerson, who constructed similar dreamlike streetscapes for the films of René Clair and Jacques Feyder. Port of Shadows possesses nearly all the qualities that were once synonymous with the idea of French cinema.
An in-depth review of the film Le Quai des brumes (1938), aka Port of Shadows, directed by Marcel Carne, featuring Jean Gabin, Michel Simon, Michele Morgan.
A deserter from the French Colonial Army falls in love with a young woman in a foggy port city and faces danger and temptation. IMDb provides plot summaries, cast and crew information, user reviews, trivia, and more for this film.
