Hotel des Etudients (Student's Hotel) was the great Tourjansky's sole directorial contribution of 1932. The scene is a Parisian rooming house, catering to students of both sexes. The heroine has a brief affair with a handsome young man, emerging from the experience a little wiser and a lot sadder. Her reputation ruined, the girl seems destined for the oblivion of the streets. But the boy finally realizes the harm he's caused, and in the last few minutes of the film finally does the "right thing." The critical consensus was that the film might have been better had their been fewer fake "exterior" sets and more genuine location filming.
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Cast
17 people
Lisette Lanvin
Odette
Also in
Jenny
The Kings of Sport
Raymond Galle
Maxime
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Bad Seed
Club de femmes
Henri Decoin
Viktor Tourjansky
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Sorrows of Sarah
The Precipice
Christian Casadesus
Jacques
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Rothchild
Twice twenty years
Yvonne Yma
Mrs. Sabatier
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Casque d'Or
Bach en correctionnelle
Germaine Roger
Student
Also in
Les Gangsters du château d'If
Excursion Train
Sylvette Fillacier
Thérèse
Also in
Children of Montmartre
The Dungeon
Henri Vilbert
Etienne
Known for
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
The Dominici Affair
Georges Adet
Known for
Love and Death
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Dimitri Dragomir
Tristan
Robert Lepers
Imac
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The Yellow Dog
My Dream Woman
Viktor Tourjansky Director
First release August 1, 1932 · Produced in France · Original title Hôtel des étudiants
Production
Capitole Films
Production
France
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Languages
Original title
Hôtel des étudiants
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Italy · August 1, 1932
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
France · September 16, 1932
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Belgium
December 2, 1932 · Theatrical
Denmark
February 13, 1933 · Theatrical
Hungary
September 8, 1932 · Theatrical
Spain
January 22, 1934 · Limited theatrical · Barcelona
Sweden
February 15, 1933 · Theatrical
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