Le Soleil a toujours raison (1943)
Directed by Pierre Billon

Musical / Drama

Film Synopsis

In a Mediterranean port, Tonio, a fisherman, is engaged to Micheline.   He must deliver a boat to an old man who lives with a gypsy woman.  The latter falls in love with Tonio as soon as she sees him.  Disappointed, Micheline is about to marry another man, Gabriel, when Tonio returns to claim his bride, far from the mist.
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Film Credits

  • Director: Pierre Billon
  • Script: Pierre Billon, Pierre Galante (novel), Jacques Prévert
  • Cinematographer: Louis Page
  • Music: Eldo Di Lazzaro, Joseph Kosma, Georges Mouqué
  • Cast: Tino Rossi (Tonio), Charles Vanel (L'homme du mas), Micheline Presle (Micheline), Pierre Brasseur (Gabriel), Édouard Delmont (Étienne), Germaine Montero (Georgia), Pierre Prévert (L'innocent), René Alié, Charles Moulin, Charles Blavette, Henri Arius, Charles Lavialle, Gisèle Alcée, Nicolas Amato, René Béranger, Claudye Carter, Edouard Castel, Blanchette Delnar, Marcel Duhamel, Renée Reney
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 88 min

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