La Route du bagne
Paris, 1865. In a music-hall Manon accidentally kills her partner who was trying take sexual advantage of her. She is condemned to twenty years of hard labor first and then to be deported to marry a released convict. On the ship where she sails with her female fellow-sufferers she gets to know a young doctor and helps to suppress a revolt. Once arrived at her destination, Manon hesitates between her official fiancé and the doctor whose household she does not want to break...
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Cast
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Viviane Romance
Manon
Known for
Any Number Can Win
Panique
Lucien Coëdel
Rabouin
Also in
The Bellman
The Idiot
Pierre Lestringuez
Lucien Masson
Léonce-Henri Burel
Léon Mathot
Known for
Cœur fidèle
Clément Duhour
Gilbert
Also in
Murderers and Thieves
The Trump Card
Marguerite Beaugé
Pierre-Gilles Veber
Paulette Élambert
La Pâlotte
Also in
Children of Montmartre
La Nuit de Sybille
Paul Amiot
Known for
Le Cercle Rouge
The Last Train
Odette Barencey
Known for
Casque d'Or
Léon Mathot Director · Pierre Lestringuez Writer Pierre-Gilles Veber Author
First release October 16, 1945 · Produced in France
Production
La Société des Films Sirius
Production · Distribution
France
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Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · October 16, 1945
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Denmark
August 26, 1948 · Theatrical
Finland
April 4, 1947 · Theatrical
Hungary
November 20, 1947 · Theatrical
Japan
November 20, 1949 · Theatrical
Mexico
August 27, 1947 · Theatrical
Sweden
April 17, 1948 · Theatrical
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