L'Atalante

A study of the lives of people who dwell in barges that move up and down the Seine in France. A young captain takes his bride to live on theboat he navigates through the canals. Bored with the monotony of river-bound life, the young woman escapes to Paris to find adventure, but is soon disullusioned and returns to her husband. Filmed under severe conditions, this was to be the last film of director Jean Vigo, who died from tuberculosis soon after its completion.(Circulates)

Credits

Directed by
Jean Vigo
Written by
Jean Vigo
Cast
Jean Dasté, Dita Parlo, Michel Simon, Jacques Prévert, Lou Tchimoukow, Pierre Prévert, Charles Dorat, Gen Paul, Claude Aveline, Paul Grimault, Gilles Margaritis, Louis Lefebvre, Fanny Clar, Albert Riéra
Cinematography
Boris Kaufman
Music
Maurice Jaubert
Edited by
Louis Chavance

Copyright

Complete catalog record
A study of the lives of people who dwell in barges that move up and down the Seine in France. A young captain takes his bride to live on theboat he navigates through the canals. Bored with the monotony of river-bound life, the young woman escapes to Paris to find adventure, but is soon disullusioned and returns to her husband. Filmed under severe conditions, this was to be the last film of director Jean Vigo, who died from tuberculosis soon after its completion.(Circulates)
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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, catalog record
  2. Wikidata · Q780016 ↗ — country, credits, copyright