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La Bandera (released in the United States as Escape from Yesterday) is a 1935 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Annabella, Jean Gabin and Robert Le Vigan. It was based on the 1931 novel La Bandera by Pierre Mac Orlan. After committing a brutal murder in Paris, a Frenchman flees to Barcelona where he enlists in the Spanish Foreign Legion. He is sent to fight in Morocco where he unexpectedly bonds with his comrades and marries a local woman before his past begins to catch up with him. Like Duvivier's other works of the period, the film is infused with poetic realism.
Original Release
09/20/1935
US Release
05/02/1939
Cast
Name | Character |
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Annabella | Aischa la Slaoui / Aïscha el Saloui |
Jean Gabin | Pierre Gilieth |
Robert Le Vigan | Fernando Lucas |
Raymond Aimos | Marcel Mulot |
Pierre Renoir | Le capitaine Weller / Commandant Weller |
Gaston Modot | Le légionnaire Muller / Legionnaire Muller |
Margo Lion | Planche-à-Pain |
Charles Granval | Le ségovien / "Sego", Saharan bar owner |
Reine Paulet | Rosita |
Viviane Romance | La fille de Barcelone |
Directors
Writers
Julien Duvivier, Pierre Mac Orlan, Charles Spaak
Cast
Name | Character |
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Annabella | Aischa la Slaoui / Aïscha el Saloui |
Jean Gabin | Pierre Gilieth |
Robert Le Vigan | Fernando Lucas |
Raymond Aimos | Marcel Mulot |
Pierre Renoir | Le capitaine Weller / Commandant Weller |
Gaston Modot | Le légionnaire Muller / Legionnaire Muller |
Margo Lion | Planche-à-Pain |
Charles Granval | Le ségovien / "Sego", Saharan bar owner |
Reine Paulet | Rosita |
Viviane Romance | La fille de Barcelone |
Jesús Castro Blanco | Le sergent |
Robert Ozanne | Le légionnaire tatoué / Legionnaire with Tatoo'd Face |
Maurice Lagrenée | Siméon |
Louis Florencie | Gorlier |
Little Jacky | Le légionnaire Weber / Légionnaire Jacky |
Robert Ancelin | Le lieutenant |
Paul Demange | L'importun de l'auberge / The Hotel Manager |
Marcel Lupovici | Un légionnaire |
Noël Roquevert | Le sergent instructeur / le sergent dans le train |
Suzy Prim |
Producers
Name | Role |
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André Gargour | Producer |