Chéri-Bibi (1938)
- Directed by
- Léon Mathot
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Rating
- 5.0 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A French nobleman is wrongly convicted of a crime and sent to a brutal penal colony. He escapes and seeks revenge while clearing his name.
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What happens
Chéri-Bibi is a 1938 French drama film directed by Léon Mathot and starring Pierre Fresnay, Jean-Pierre Aumont and Marcel Dalio. It was based on the Chéri-Bibi series of novels by Gaston Leroux. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. The character had previously appeared in the 1931 American film The Phantom of Paris and would return in a 1955 French film Chéri-Bibi and a 1974 television series of the same title. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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