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Le Bled

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Le Bled
Directed byJean Renoir
Written byHenry Dupuis-Mazuel
André Jaeger-Schmidt
StarringJackie Monnier
Enrique Riveros
Alexandre Arquillière
CinematographyMarcel Lucien
Léon Morizet
Joseph-Louis Mundwiller
Edited byMarguerite Renoir
Production
company
Société des Films Historiques
Distributed byExclusivités Jean de Merly
Release date
  • 17 May 1929 (1929-05-17)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguagesSilent
French intertitles

Le Bled is a 1929 French silent adventure film directed by Jean Renoir and starring Jackie Monnier, Enrique Riveros and Alexandre Arquillière. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris and on location in French Algeria around Biskra, Boufarik and Staouéli. The film's sets were designed by the art director William Aguet. It was made to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the French conquest of Algeria in 1830.[1] The film's title was an expression used to refer to the interior of Algeria.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ Ferro p.164
  2. ^ Bergan p.134

Bibliography

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  • Bergan, Ronald. Jean Renoir: Projections of Paradise. Skyhorse, 2016.
  • Ferro, Marc. Colonization: A Global History. Routledge, 2005.
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