Menaces (1940)

Original title

Menaces...

Directed by

Edmond T. Gréville

Genre

drama film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of strangers are brought together in a Paris hotel shortly before the outbreak of World War Two. Each person deals with personal worries and the growing sense of danger around them.

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What happens

Threats (French: Menaces) is a 1940 French drama film directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Mireille Balin, John Loder, Ginette Leclerc and Erich von Stroheim. Gréville began production on the film shortly after the Munich Agreement of September 1938. It was shot at the François 1er Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Jaquelux. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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