Sisters in Arms (1937 film)

1937 film

Sisters in Arms

Directed by| Léon Poirier
Written by| Léon Poirier
Antoine Redier
Produced by| Léon Poirier
Starring| Jeanne Sully
Josette Day
Thomy Bourdelle
Cinematography| Georges Million
Edited by| Jacques Grassi
Music by| Claude Delvincourt

Production
company

Societé Artistique Commerciale et Industrielle

Distributed by| Comptoir Français du Film Documentaire

Release date

* 2 December 1937 (1937-12-02)

Running time

| 125 minutes
Country| France
Language| French

Sisters in Arms (French: Soeurs d'armes) is a 1937 French spy drama film directed by Léon Poirier and starring Jeanne Sully, Josette Day and Thomy Bourdelle.[1][2] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Raymond Druart and Hugues Laurent.

## Synopsis

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During the First World War Louise de Bettignies and Léonie Vanhoutte form an underground intelligence operation in German-occupied Belgium and Northern France in conjunction with British military intelligence.

## Cast

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* Jeanne Sully as Louise de Bettignies
* Josette Day as Léonie Vanhoutte
* Thomy Bourdelle as Le juge Goldschmidt
* André Nox as Le prêtre
* Jeanne Marie-Laurent as Madame Vanhoutte
* Camille Bert as Stoeber
* Gaston Dupray as Monsieur Lamote
* Henriette Dupray as Madame Pandelaers

## References

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1. ^ Drazin p.185
2. ^ Welch p.162

## Bibliography

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* Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986.
* Drazin, Charles . The Faber Book of French Cinema. London: Faber & Faber, 2011.
* Hayward, Susan. French National Cinema. Routledge, 2004.
* Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
* Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
* Welch, David. Nazi Propaganda: The Power and the Limitations. Routledge, 2014.

## External links

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* Sisters in Arms at IMDb

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