The ill-fated romance of a brow-beaten seaport slum café waitress and a young man with a possessive mother, who dreams of going out to sea.
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Cast
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Pierre Batcheff
Known for
Un Chien Andalou
Catherine Hessling
Known for
The Little Match Girl
Nathalie Lissenko
Also in
Double Love
The Burning Crucible
Blanche Bernis
Also in
Nothing But Time
The Tournament
Thomy Bourdelle
Known for
The Return of Don Camillo
Under the Roofs of Paris
Georges Charlia
Also in
Miss Europe
Comradeship
Philippe Hériat
Known for
Napoleon
Pierre Hot
Known for
The Fall of the House of Usher
Alberto Cavalcanti Director · Claude Heymann Screenplay Philippe Hériat Story
United States release October 26, 1929 · Produced in France · Original title En rade
Production
Néo-Film
Production
France
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Languages
Original title
En rade
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
France · November 18, 1927
Theatrical
United States · October 26, 1929
Theatrical
Brazil
October 24, 2002 · Premiere · São Paulo International Film Festival
September 25, 2026 · Limited theatrical · Cinemateca Brasileira (Retrospectiva "O Brasileiro Alberto Cavalcanti")
Japan
February 27, 1930 · Theatrical
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