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Southern Carrier is a french film of genre Drama directed by Pierre Billon with Pierre Richard-Willm

Southern Carrier (1937)

Southern Carrier
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Length 1h31
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OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Adventure
Rating65% 3.2788853.2788853.2788853.2788853.278885

Courrier sud, translated as Southern Mail and Southern Carrier, is a 1937 French film directed by Pierre Billon. It is adapted from the 1929 novel of the same name by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

Synopsis

Jacques Bernis, pilote de la Cie Air France, assure le courrier France-Dakar. Il revient en France pour une permission, revoit une amie d'enfance, Geneviève, mariée à un diplomate et malheureuse. Emu des confidences de Geneviève qu'il aime toujours, Jacques part avec elle et se cache à Paris.

Actors

Pierre Richard-Willm

(Jacques Bernis)
Jany Holt

(Geneviève Herlin)
Jacques Baumer

(Le procureur)
Baron fils

(Le père de Geneviève)
Roger Legris

(Le premier radio)
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