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La fille de l’eau
(The Water Girl)
Also known as Die Tochter des Wassers in Germany; La Ragazza dell’acqua in Italy; O Turbilhão do Destino in Portugal; Whirlpool of Fate in the United Kingdom and in the USA
(1925) French
B&W : [?] Eight? reels / 1700 metres
Directed by Jean Renoir

Cast: Pierre Champagne [Justin Crepoix], Charlotte Clasis [Madame Maubien], André Derain [patron du “Bon Coin”], Van Doren [the young lover], Madame Fockenberghe [Madame Raynal], Catherine Hessling [Virginia Rosaert], Pierre Lestringuez [Jef], Harold Levingston [Georges Raynal], Henriette Moret [la roussette], Pierre Renoir [farmer], Georges Térof [Monsieur Raynal], Maurice Touzé [la fuine], Pierre Philippe

Produced by Jean Renoir. Scenario by Pierre Lestringuez. Set design by Jean Renoir. Assistant director, Pierre Champagne. Cinematography by Jean Bachelet and Alphonse Gibory. / Released 20 March 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / [?] Renoir’s first film as director? The film premiered in the USA in April 1925.

Drama: Romance.

Survival Status: Print exists.

Listing updated: 10 August 2009.

References: Bardèche-History p. 235; Shipman-Cinema p. 85; Weinberg-Stroheim p. xv : ClasIm-305 p. ? : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.

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