People Who Travel (1938 French-language film)
People Who Travel is a 1938 French-German film directed by Jacques Feyder. The film was a co-production with a separate German version Travelling People also released. It is a circus film.
It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean D'Eaubonne.
Plot
Due to an accident at the Barlay Circus, animal trainer Flora finds Fernand, a former prison escapee, and refers him to manager, Edouard Barlay. The son of Flora, Marcel, does the acrobatics with the manager's daughters, Suzanne and Yvonne. In love with the latter, Suzanne becomes jealous. Squire Pepita is also interested in the young man.Cast
- Françoise Rosay: La dompteuse Flora
- André Brulé: Fernand
- Marie Glory: Pepita
- Guillaume de Sax: Le directeur Edouard Barlay
- Sylvia Bataille: Yvonne Barlay
- Louise Carletti: Suzanne Barlay
- Fabien Loris: Marcel
- André Roanne: Le lieutenant de gendarmerie
- Yves Deniaud: Le bonimenteur
- Daniel Mendaille: Jo
- Georges Prieur: Gaëtan
- Yvonne Gall: Laëtitia
- André Nicolle: Le vétérinaire
- Lucien Brulé: Tino
- Alfred Adam: le médecin
- And Raymond Aimos, Maurice Baquet, Jean Sinoël, Pierre Labry, Madeleine Sologne ...
Crew
- Written: Jacques Feyder and Jacques Viot
- Dialogue: Bernard Zimmer
- Photography: Franz Koch
- Décor: Jean d'Eaubonne
- Editing: Roger Mercanton
- Music: Wolfgang Zeller
- Assistant technician: André Roanne
- Producers: Société Films Sonores Tobis - Filmkunst Berlin
- Genre: Tragedy - Black and white - 121 mn
German version
As was common at the time, the film was also filmed at studios in Munich in an alternative version, French and German, the technical team and stars being more or less different in each version.Only Françoise Rosay kept her role as Flora in the German version, while other stars were: Hans Albers, Camilla Horn, Herbert Hübner, Irene von Meyendorff, Ulla Ganglitz, Hannes Stelzer, Aribert Mog.