Lac aux dames (1934) Jean-Pierre Aumont & Simone Simon
Lac aux dames (Ladies Lake), the 1934 French film (w/ English subs), featuring Jean-Pierre Aumont, Rosine Deréan, Simone Simon, Illa Meery and Michel Simon, directed by Marc Allégret, written by Colette, based on a novel by Vicki Baum.
Synopsis: A handsome but penniless young man (Jean-Pierre Aumont) takes a summer job as a swimming instructor in a picturesque Alpine lake resort. He falls in love with a young heiress (Rosine Deréan), who is staying there with her father (Michel Simon). But he also grabs the attention of tomboyish Puck (Simone Simon), who lives on the other side of the lake, and who saves him from drowning one foggy night.
ASSIGNMENT IN BRITTANY (1943) Trailer
New to DVD: Jean-Pierre Aumont (billed as Pierre Aumont) makes his American film debut in this war-time espionage thriller adapted from the blockbuster book by the famed Queen of Spy Novels, Helen MacInnes. Aumont plays dual roles, Bertrand Corlay, a Breton farmer with Nazi sympathies and Pierre Metard, a captain in the Free French Army. After Corlay ends up in British custody his astonishing resemblance to Captain Metard is recognized and Pierre is tasked with memorizing another man's life in order to take his place inside Nazi occupied Britanny. His assignment? Locate and sabotage a secret U-boat pen hidden along the coast. His complications? Corlay's suspicious mother (Margaret Wycherly), Corlay's collaborative mistress (Signe Hasso) and Corlay's beautiful, righteous fiancé (Susan Peters). Turncoats, twists and torture are all in the mix under the assured guidance of director Jack Conway culminating in a thrilling commando assault on an underground submarine base.
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