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The Damned

Résumé

April 1945. The German surrender marks the end of the Second World War in Europe. However, in Oslo, German General von Hauser won’t accept defeat and arranges for a group of Nazis and foreign collaborators to flee on a German submarine. He hopes to continue the fight from South America. The submarine is just off the French coastal town of Royan when Hilde, the general’s mistress, has an accident and falls into a coma. The general insists on stopping to send some men ashore for medical help, and young Doctor Guibert is unlucky enough to cross their path. Thanks to his professional skill, Hilde recovers, but they are in mid-Atlantic by now and there is no question of setting him free. He manages to undermine the morale of the submarine’s crew. Eventually they mutiny. Murders and suicides follow. As soon as the South American coast is in view the few survivors steal off on a lifeboat, abandoning Guibert on the drifting submarine. Certain he is going to die, he decides to leave a written account of this voyage of ‘the damned’. At the last minute an American ship spots the submarine and rescues him.

Générique

GAUMONT

présente

 

Numéro d’ordre au registre public de la cinématographie française 4920 ~ 1947

ANDRÉ PAULVÉ

et

MICHEL SAFRA

Présentent

 

DALIO

HENRI VIDAL

FLORENCE MARLY

FOSCO GIACHETTI

 

et

PAUL BERNARD

 

dans

LES MAUDITS

 

Adaptation de

RENÉ CLÉMENT

et

JACQUES RÉMY

 

d’après un scénario de

JACQUES COMPANEEZ

et

VICTOR ALEXANDROV

 

Dialogues de

HENRI JEANSON

JODEST

MICHEL AUCLAIR

ANNE CAMPION

A. VON HALBERSTADT

JEAN DIDIER

LUCIEN HECTOR

LOZACH

KARL MUNCH

GEORGES NIEMANN

E. FUCHS

MAX HERMAN

CLAUDE VERNIER

 

Images de

HENRI ALEKAN

 

Directeur de production

PIERRE SABAS

 

Régisseur général

A. AULOIS

 

Décors de

PAUL BERTRAND

 

Administrateur

MICHEL KOUSTOFF

 

Musique de

YVES BAUDRIER

 

Caméraman

HENRI TIQUET

 

1er Assistant réalisateur

PIERRE CHEVALIER

 

2e Assistant réalisateur

CLAUDE BAYLE

 

Script

LUCILE COSTA

 

Photographe

R. TOMATIS

 

Maquilleur

P. CLAVEL

 

Montage

ROGER DWYRE

 

Chefs opérateurs du son

J. DE BRETAGNE et TEISSEIRE

 

Tourné aux Studios de la Victorine à Nice
Laboratoires G.T.C CARDUCCI, NICE, JOINVILLE, ST MAURICE

 

Production

SPEVA film

 

Producteur associé

PAUL WAGNER

 

Distribué en France continentale par

CINÉ SÉLECTION

 

et dans le monde entier par

DisCina PARIS

 

Direction générale

MICHEL SAFRA

 

Un film de

RENÉ CLÉMENT

Photos of
film

Photos of
decor

The interior of the studio-built submarine was entirely made of wood.

Production
stills