L’Affaire du courrier de Lyon (1937) - film review
Claude Autant-Lara, Maurice Lehmann
Drama / History

Summary
L’Affaire du courrier de Lyon is a French period drama film first released in 1937,
directed by Claude Autant-Lara and Maurice Lehmann.
The film stars Pierre Blanchar, Dita Parlo, Jacques Copeau, Charles Dullin and Sylvia Bataille.
It has also been released under the title: Courier of Lyons.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Claude Autant-Lara, Maurice Lehmann
- Script: Jean Aurenche, Claude Autant-Lara, Alfred-Charlemagne Delacour, Louis-Mathurin Moreau, Jacques Prévert, Paul Siraudin
- Photo: Michel Kelber
- Music: Louis Beydts
- Cast: Pierre Blanchar (Joseph Lesurques André Dubosc), Dita Parlo (Mina Lesurques), Jacques Copeau (Le juge Daubenton), Charles Dullin (L’aveugle), Sylvia Bataille (Madeleine Brabant), Hélène Robert (Eugénie Dargence), Monique Joyce (Claudine), Pierre Alcover (Durochat), Jean Tissier (Courriol), Jean-Pierre Kérien (Bruer), André Noël (Escofon), Jean Périer (Legrand), Louis Florencie (Jean Delafolie), Marcel Duhamel (Guénot), Palmyre Levasseur (La femme Grossetête), Gilberte Géniat (La fille Sauton), Lily Laub (Madame Tallien), Secnazy (Le fils Lesurques), Jacqueline Jessus (La fille Lesurques), Jacques Varennes (Gothier), Andrex (L’avocat), Dorville (Choppart)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 102 min; B&W
- Aka: Courier of Lyons
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