La Femme du bout du monde (1938)
Directed by Jean Epstein

Drama

Film Synopsis

A shipowner claims to have discovered radium deposits on an island in the Antarctic Ocean. The crew of a ship sent to verify this comes across a white woman living there with her half-mad husband and their child. The woman sings Breton songs and enchants the crew who, having fallen in love with her, begin to fight among themselves...

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Film Credits

Director: Jean Epstein
Script: Jean Epstein, Alain Serdac (novel)
Cinematographer: Joseph Braun, Paul Cotteret, Enzo Riccioni
Music: Jean Wiener
Cast: Charles Vanel (Durc), Germaine Rouer (Anna), Jean-Pierre Aumont (Lt. Robert Jacquet), Alexandre Rignault (Bourrhis), Philippe Richard (Capt. Sueur), Georges Douking (Planque), Jacky Vilmont (Jimmy, le mousse), Robert Le Vigan (Arlanger, l'armateur), Paul Azaïs (Radio Molinier), Edmond Beauchamp (Charley), Jean Appert, Édouard Francomme, Andrée Servilanges, Suzy Solidor, Georges Vitray
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Black and White
Runtime: 87 min

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