DANS LES RUES

Victor Trivas

R.: Victor Trivas. Sc.: Alexandre Arnoux, Victor Trivas, Henri Duvernois (da un romanzo di Joseph Henry Rosny). F.: Rudi Maté, Louis Née. Mus.: Hanns Eisler. Scgf.: André Andrejew. In.: Madeleine Ozeray (Rosalie), Marcele Jean-Worms (Mme Lérande), Paulette Dubost (Pauline) Germaine Michel (la portinaia), Charlotte Dauvia (Jeanne), Rose Mai, Jean-Pierre Aumont (Jacques), Vladimir Sokoloff (padre Schlamp), Lucien Paris (Maurice), Humbert (Cigare), Roger Légris (Moutarde), Pierre Lugan (Rosengart), Patachou (il piccolo Moustique), Emile Rosen (Gobiche), François Llenas (Main Droite), Jean Marais. P.: Pierre O’Connell per la Société Internationale Cinématographique. D.: 82’ a 24 f/s.

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T. it.: Italian title. T. int.: International title. T. alt.: Alternative title. Sog.: Story. Scen.: Screenplay. F.: Cinematography. M.: Editing. Scgf.: Set Design. Mus.: Music. Int.: Cast. Prod.: Production Company. L.: Length. D.: Running Time. f/s: Frames per second. Bn.: Black e White. Col.: Color. Da: Print source

Film Notes

“Victor Trivas (1894-1970) also directed four films: one of them, Niemandsland is quite known, and in the history of cinema it is usually considered one of the most touching pacifist films. It is therefore unfathomable why his following film, Dans les rues, a feature of extraordinary expressive force, has been totally ignored.

Trivas, who had taken shelter in Paris after Hitler’s rise to power, made this film set ‘dans les rues’, all strictly reconstructed in the studio: this is the story of a young man on the verge of corruption, who will find the way towards salvation at the last moment, rehabilitating himself through work.

You breath the air of Lumpenproletariat, the same background athmosphere found in Jutzi’s, Tintner’s or Bruno Rahn’s movies, but in Dans les rues there is no final dispair, a ray of hope seems to break through dark clouds.

The film does not seem to have been exported, despite its charming cast with Jean-Pierre Aumont and evanescent Madeleine Ozeray, but the disquieting and sly presence of Vladimir Sokolov is astounding. Dans les rues is a small masterpiece to be discovered”.

Vittorio Martinelli

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