Le baron fantôme (1943)

Country of Origin: France
Year of Production: 1943
Running Times: 99 mins
Length:
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: black and white
Ratio: 1.37:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Consortium de Productions de Films
Produced by: Robert Florat

SCRIPT
Script: Louis Chavance, Serge de Poligny
Story: Serge de Poligny
Dialogue: Jean Cocteau

DIRECTION
Directed by: Serge de Poligny

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Roger Hubert

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Henri Rust

MUSIC
Music: Louis Beydts

SOUND
Sound: René-Christian Forget

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Costume Designer: Christian Dior

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Set Decorator: Jacques Krauss

LOCATIONS
Locations: Manoir de Pontarmé, Pontarmé, Oise, France

CAST
André Lefaur (Eustache Dauphin)
Odette Joyeux (Elfy)
Jany Holt (Anne)
Alain Cuny (Hervé)
Gabrielle Dorziat (Countess de Saint-Helie)
Alerme (real name: André Alerme) (the colonel)
Aimé Clariond (the bishop)
Marguerite Pierry (Fébronie)
Claude Sainval (Albéric de Marignac)
Charles Vissières (Toussaint)
Jean Cocteau (Baron Julius Carol)
Marguerite de Morlaye (old woman)
Marcel Pérès (Léopold)
Jean Diéner (Joseph)
Jacques Ory (Hervé as a child)
Marie Magali
Mercédès Brare

AVAILABILITY

France
Theatrical Distributors: Consortium de Productions de Films

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Raymond Rohauer

TIMELINE

1943
June
16: France - theatrical release

1977
December
11: USA - theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Ma soeur Anne - working title
The Phantom Baron - UK title

KEYWORDS

castles, horror, somnambulism

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009