Under Western Eyes (French: Razumov: Sous les yeux d'occident) is a 1936 French drama film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Pierre Fresnay, Danièle Parola and Michel Simon.[1] It is an adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1911 novel Under Western Eyes. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Eugène Lourié.
Under Western Eyes | |
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Directed by | Marc Allégret |
Written by | Joseph Conrad (novel) Hans Wilhelm Jan Lustig Jacques Viot Emeric Pressburger |
Produced by | André Daven |
Starring | Pierre Fresnay Danièle Parola Michel Simon |
Cinematography | Michel Kelber |
Edited by | Yvonne Martin Marguerite Renoir |
Music by | Georges Auric |
Production company | Productions André Daven |
Distributed by | Les Films Osso L'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
In nineteenth century Russia a student with ambitions to join the Czarist system unwittingly become embroiled in the assassination of an Imperial official.