Hans le marin (1949)

Hans le marin is a French crime film first released in 1949, directed by François Villiers.  The film is based on a novel by Edouard Peisson and stars Maria Montez, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Lilli Palmer, Marcel Dalio and Pierre Bertin.  It has also been released under the title: Hans the Sailor.  Our overall rating for this film is: good.


The boat Alabama having arrived at the port of Marseilles, three of its crew, including a Canadian Eric Martin, head straight for the Kit-Cat bar.  Here, Eric falls under the spell of the prostitute Dolorès and spends the night with her.  When he leaves the next morning, Eric is attacked with a knife by two thugs, Victor and Aimé, who make off with his money and identity papers.  As Eric recovers from his injuries in hospital, his boat leaves Marseilles.  Once out of hospital, Eric goes looking for Dolorès but he is told that she left the city a few days ago with a rich lover.  Alone and penniless, Eric finds work as a bouncer at the Kit-Cat bar.  He meets a gypsy, Tania, who works at the bar as a fortune teller.  Taking pity on Eric, Tania agrees to help him by providing him with the identity papers of a Dutch sailor named Hans Norgen...
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