Suez is an American film directed by Allan Dwan , released in 1938 .
Synopsis
This film tells the story of the period and events that accompanied the excavation of the 160-kilometer-long Suez Canal between 1859 and 1869. It recounts the imaginary adventures that Ferdinand de Lesseps could have had between Eugénie de Montijo and his young secretary Toni Pèlerin.
Technical sheet
- Title: Suez
- Director: Allan Dwan
- Assistant Director (uncredited): Aaron Rosenberg
- Scenario: Philip Dunne and Julien Josephson after a story by Sam Duncan
- Dialogues: Stanley Logan (uncredited)
- Production: Darryl F. Zanuck , Gene Markey (in) an associate producer and Ralph Dietrich production assistant (uncredited)
- Production and Distribution Company: 20th Century Fox
- Photography: J. Peverell Marley
- Music: Louis Silvers , Robert Russell Bennett (uncredited), Charles Maxwell (uncredited), Cyril J. Mockridge (uncredited), David Raksin (uncredited) and Ernst Toch (uncredited)
- Editing: Barbara McLean
- Artistic Direction: Bernard Herzbrun and Rudolph Sternad (en)
- Set decorator: Thomas Little
- Costume design: Royer
- Country of origin: United States
- Format: Black and White – Sound: Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
- Genre: Adventure Movie , Drama
- Duration: 104 minutes
- Release dates: United States : (first in New York ),(national exit); France :
Distribution
- Tyrone Power : Ferdinand de Lesseps
- Loretta Young : Countess Eugenie of Montijo
- Annabella : Toni Pelerin
- Joseph Schildkraut : Viscount René De Latour
- J. Edward Bromberg : Prince Said
- Henry Stephenson : Count Mathieu de Lesseps
- Sidney Blackmer : Marquis Du Brey
- Maurice Moscovitch : Mohammed Ali
- Nigel Bruce : Sir Malcolm Cameron
- Sig Ruman : Sergeant Pilgrim
- Miles Mander : Benjamin Disraeli
- George Zucco : Prime Minister
- Leon Ames : Napoleon III
- Victor Varconi : Victor Hugo
- Rafaela Ottiano : Maria De Teba
- Albert Conti : Mr. February
- Odette Myrtil : The Duchess
- Marcelle Corday : M me Paquineau
- Leonard Mudie : Campaign Director
And, among the uncredited actors:
- Jean De Briac : An engineer
- Georges Renavent : The president of the bank
- Michael Visaroff : The jewelry merchant
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- Ferdinand de Lesseps
- The Suez Canal