Southern Mail (film)

For the 1929 novel on which the film is based, see Courrier sud (novel).

Southern Mail or Southern Carrier (French: Courrier sud) is a 1937 French action film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Pierre Richard-Willm, Jany Holt and Raymond Aimos.^[1] It is adapted from the 1929 novel of the same name by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.^[2][3]

Southern Mail
Directed by	Pierre Billon
Written by	Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (novel) Jan Lustig Pierre Billon Robert Bresson
Produced by	André Aron Edouard Corniglion-Molinier
Starring	Pierre Richard-Willm Jany Holt Raymond Aimos
Cinematography	Robert Lefebvre
Edited by	Henri Taverna
Music by	Jacques Ibert Maurice Thiriet
Production company	Pan-Ciné
Distributed by	Pathé Consortium Cinéma
Release date	22 January 1937 (1937-01-22)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The film's sets were designed by the art directors André Barsacq and Léon Barsacq.

Cast

• Pierre Richard-Willm as Jacques Bernis
• Jany Holt as Geneviève
• Raymond Aimos as Le Sergent
• Alexandre Rignault as Hubert
• Roger Legris as Le Radio
• Pierre Sergeol as Le Chef d'aéroport de Juby
• René Bergeron as Le Chef d'aéroport de Casablanca
• Abel Jacquin as Le Capitaine
• Jean Aymé [fr] as Le Joailler
• Henri Crémieux as Le secrétaire
• Madeleine Milhaud as La Patronne de la Pension
• Odette Talazac as Aubergiste
• Louis Baron fils as Le Père
• Jacques Baumer as Le Procureur
• Pauline Carton as Mathilde
• Gabrielle Dorziat as La Mère
• Marguerite Pierry as Sophie
• Charles Vanel as Herlin, Ambassadeur

References

1. Goble p.722
2. de Saint-Exupéry, Antoine (1929) Southern Mail. Translated by Curtis Cate (1972). Mariner Books, ISBN 978-0156839013
3. Parry M. A Symbolic Interpretation of "Courrier Sud" The Modern Language Review, Vol. 69, No. 2 (Apr., 1974), pp. 297-307

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• Southern Mail at IMDb