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	Harry Baur	David Golder
	Paule Andral	Gloria Golder
	Jackie Monnier	Joyce Golder
	Jean Bradin	Prinz Alec / Joyce Verlobter
	Gaston Jacquet	Graf Hoyos
	Jean Coquelin	Fischel
	Camille Bert	Tübingen / Golders Berliner Geschäftsfreund
	Jacques Grétillat	Marcus / Golders früherer Sozius
	Paul Franceschi	Soifer / Golders Freund
	Léon Arvel	Ein Arzt
	Charles Dorat	Ein junger Auswanderer
	Nicole Yoghi	Eine Krankenpflegerin
	Jeanne Bernard

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Director	Julien Duvivier
Writer	Irène Némirovsky, Julien Duvivier
Producer	Charles Delac, Marcel Vandal
Musician	Walter Goehr
Photography	Georges Périnal, Armand Thirard, Ganzli Walter

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Remembered primarily for directing the classic crime drama Pépé le moko, Julien Duvivier was one of the finest filmmakers working in France in the 1930s. Thanks to a formidable innate understanding of the cinematic medium, Duvivier made the transition from silents to talkies with ease, marrying his expressive camera work to a strikingly inventive use of sound with a singular dexterity. His deeply shadowed, fatalistic early sound films David Golder and La tête d’un homme anticipate the poetic realist style that would come to define the decade in French cinema and, together with the small-town family drama Poil de Carotte and the swooning tale of love and illusion Un carnet de bal, showcase his stunning versatility. These four films—all featuring the great stage and screen actor Harry Baur—are collected here, each evidence of an immense and often overlooked cinematic talent.

The first sound film by Julien Duvivier also marked his first collaboration with the marvelous actor Harry Baur. Together, they brought to life the vivid protagonist of Irène Némirovsky’s best-selling first novel, an avaricious, self-interested banker whose family life is as tempestuous as his business dealings. Directed with visual panache, this grim yet arresting tale showcases Duvivier’s preternatural cinematic maturity during a transitional phase for the French film industry.

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