The Oil Sharks (1933)

Original title

Les requins du pétrole

Directed by

Henri Decoin, Rudolph Cartier

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

Germany, France, Austria

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This movie is about conflicts over oil in the 1930s. It mixes drama and comedy with a French-speaking cast and a slightly different story from its German version.

light-heartedfast-pacedquirkyold-fashionedwryplayfulsatiricalenergetic

What happens

The Oil Sharks (French: Les requins du pétrole) is a 1933 German drama film directed by Rudolph Cartier and Henri Decoin and starring Arlette Marchal, Vivian Grey and Gabriel Gabrio. It is the French-language version of Invisible Opponent, made with the same crew but a largely different cast and some alterations to the story line. The sets for both films were designed by the art director Erwin Scharf. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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