Baroud
Baroud is a 1932 British-French adventure film directed by Rex Ingram and Alice Terry and starring Felipe Montes, Rosita Garcia, and Pierre Batcheff. Actor Paul Henreid debuted in a small role. The film was released in separate French and English-language versions, the latter sometimes known by the title Love in Morocco.[1]
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| Directed by | Rex Ingram Alice Terry |
| Produced by | Rex Ingram Mansfield Markham André Weill |
| Written by | Rex Ingram Peter Spencer Benno Vigny André Jaeger-Schmidt |
| Starring | Felipe Montes Rosita Garcia Pierre Batcheff |
| Music by | Jack Beaver Louis Levy |
| Cinematography | Sepp Allgeier Léonce-Henri Burel Marcel Lucien Paul Portier |
| Edited by | Lothar Wolff |
Production company | Gaumont British Picture Corporation Armor Films |
| Distributed by | Ideal Films (UK) Gaumont Film Company (France) |
Release date |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | France United Kingdom |
| Language | French English |
It was the final film of Ingram, a leading Hollywood director of the silent era, and the last film appearance by Alice Terry, a leading Hollywood star of the silent era and Ingram's wife. The title is the Berber word for war.
Plot
It is set in French Morocco. Two soldiers in the Spahis, one a Frenchman and the other the son of a chief allied to the French, are friends, but quarrel when the Frenchman becomes romantically involved with the other's sister. They join forces again to repulse an attack by a hostile tribe.
Cast
English version
- Felipe Montes as Si Alal, Caid de Ilued
- Rosita Garcia as Zinah, his daughter
- Pierre Batcheff as Si Hamed
- Rex Ingram as André Duval
- Arabella Fields as Mabrouka, a slave
- Andrews Engelmann as Si Amarok
- Dennis Hoey as Captain Sabry
- Laura Salerni as Arlette
- Frédéric Mariotti
- Alice Terry
- Paul Henreid (film debut in a bit part)
French version
- Philippe Moretti as Si Allal, Caïd d'IIllouet
- Rosita Garcia as Zinah, la fille de Si Allal
- Pierre Batcheff as Si Hamed, le fils de Si Allal, Maréchal des Logis de Spahis
- Roland Caillaux as André Duval, Sergent de Spahis
- Arabella Fields as Mabrouka
- Andrews Engelmann as Si Amarock, Chef de tribu rebelle
- Georges Busby as Lakhdar
- Richard Gaillard as Capitaine Labry
- Colette Darfeuil as Arlette
References
- Cook p. 182
Bibliography
- Cook, Pam. Gainsborough Pictures. Cassell, 1997.