Fugitive in Saigon

Fugitive in Saigon
Directed by	Marcel Camus
Written by	Michel Audiard Marcel Camus
Based on	Mort en fraude by Jean Hougron
Produced by	Jean-Paul Guibert
Starring	Daniel Gélin Anne Méchard Lucien Callamand
Cinematography	Edmond Séchan
Edited by	Jacqueline Thiédot
Music by	Henri Crolla
Production company	Intermondia Films
Distributed by	Rank
Release date	17 May 1957 (1957-05-17)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Fugitive in Saigon (French: Mort en fraude) is a 1957 French war drama film directed by Marcel Camus and starring Daniel Gélin, Anne Méchard and Lucien Callamand. It was shot on location in Cambodia. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul-Louis Boutié. It was one of the first films to deal with France's defeat in the First Indochina War, along with Shock Patrol by Claude Bernard-Aubert.

Synopsis

In 1950 Saigon Paul Horcier, a young Frenchman is on the run for currency trafficking. A Eurasian woman he meets takes him to shelter in a village in No man's land between the French forces and the Viet Minh. He grows to have enormous empathy with the locals and their poor living conditions. He ultimately lays down his life on their behalf.

Cast

• Daniel Gélin as Paul Horcier
• Anne Méchard as Anh
• Lucien Callamand as Le chef de la police
• Jacques Chancel as The Vice President
• Dang Van Than as Grandfather
• Antoine Filidori as The Smuggler
• Be Thi Nam as The Mother
• Nguyen Phuong as The sister of the Village Headman
• Luong Van Vuong as The Man with Harmonica
• Tring Trac as The Village Headman
• Dang Van Nhan as Ty - brother of Anh

Bibliography

• Williams, Alan. Republic of Images: A History of French Filmmaking. Harvard University Press, 1992.

External links

• Fugitive in Saigon at IMDb