Summary
A shipowner claims to have discovered radium deposits on an island in
the Antarctic Ocean. The crew of a ship sent to verify this comes
across a white woman living there with her half-mad husband and their
child. The woman sings Breton songs and enchants the crew who,
having fallen in love with her, begin to fight among themselves...
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Credits
- Director: Jean Epstein
- Script: Jean Epstein
- Photo: Joseph Braun, Paul Cotteret, Enzo Riccioni
- Music: Jean Wiener
- Cast: Jean Appert, Jean-Pierre Aumont (Lt. Jacquet), Paul Azaïs, Edmond Beauchamp, Georges Douking, Robert Le Vigan (Arlanger), Ph. Richard, Philippe Richard, Alexandre Rignault, Germaine Rouer, Charles Vanel, Jacky Vilmont, Vitray
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 87 min; B&W
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