Prestige

1931
Passed
1h 11min

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA woman travels to a French penal colony in Indochina to be with her fiancé, the commander, but when she arrives she discovers that he is now an alcoholic.A woman travels to a French penal colony in Indochina to be with her fiancé, the commander, but when she arrives she discovers that he is now an alcoholic.A woman travels to a French penal colony in Indochina to be with her fiancé, the commander, but when she arrives she discovers that he is now an alcoholic.

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5,6/10

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Rôles principaux16

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Ann Harding

Therese Du Flos

Adolphe Menjou

Capt. Remy Bandoin

Melvyn Douglas

Capt. André Verlaine

Ian Maclaren

Colonel Du Flos
(as Ian MacLaren)

Guy Bates Post

Major

Rollo Lloyd

Capt. Emil de Frontenac

Clarence Muse

Nham

Tetsu Komai

Sergeant

Jay Eaton

Edward - Pianist-Singer at Engagement Party
(non crédité)

Bess Flowers

Engagement Party Guest
(non crédité)

Chester Gan

Soldier in Indo-China
(non crédité)

Tay Garnett

Man on Ship Deck Next to Verlaine
(non crédité)

Carmelita Geraghty

Felice
(non crédité)

Creighton Hale

Lieutenant at Engagement Party
(non crédité)

Charles Quigley

Party Guest
(non crédité)

Lyman Scott

Extra
(non crédité)

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Anecdotes
Ann Harding flew herself to the Sarasota, Florida, filming location so that she could log a sufficient number of hours for her pilot's license.

Gaffes
When Therese arrives in Saigon, she takes a short ride with Captain Bandoin in a rickshaw. At one point, when they move into bright sunlight, a clear shadow of a crew member and the boom microphone falls across the pair--and the crew member seems to attempt to duck down.

Citations
Therese Du Flos Verlaine: [as Therese prepares to leave for French Indochina, she says goodbye to her father, the Colonel] Aren't you going to let me forget just for five minutes that I'm a soldier's daughter?
Col. Du Flos: From now on, you'll have to remember it more than ever. You're going out to marry André, but that is not enough. You'll live in a place where it is impossible to live; you'll make your home where no home can be. Have you sufficient strength for that?
Therese Du Flos Verlaine: I hope so, sir.
Col. Du Flos: I believe you have, but so has the jungle. Don't let it engulf you. Don't let it break André. Take to him your race for a wedding gift, the prestige of the White man. That means everything you stand for, and it is the only weapon you two will have--prestige--but it is enough to preserve you. Now--wasn't that a pretty speech?
Therese Du Flos Verlaine: Yes, sir, it was. And I'll try to remember it, if you'll kiss me.

Connexions
Featured in Of Black America: Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed (1968)

Bandes originales
La Marseillaise
(1792) (uncredited)
Written by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
Played in the score when "L'Armee de la Republique" sign is shown

Avis des utilisateurs13

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What a drag it is being imperialist

Yes the movie is full of racists, has racist language but I wouldn't call the movie itself racist - the whites are shown no mercy. This movie is worth seeing for its realism, and the way it ends. No spoilers here, but I found the ending eminently satisfying, unlike other reviewers. And Ann Hardy is such a gem - so much better than the stars who held the screen for longer than she (Crawford, Davis etc). Adolph Menjou is a perfect snake. Melvin Douglas captures arrogance - and its consequences perfectly - and the "natives" are brilliant in their forceful presence.

Another pre-code movie that is startling contemporary (except for the "racist premise") in its depiction of how the relationship between a man and a woman can be impacted by events beyond their control, especially if they ignore their environment.