It Happened in Aden (French: C'est arrivé à Aden...) is a 1956 French historical comedy film directed by Michel Boisrond and starring André Luguet, Jacques Dacqmine and Dany Robin.[1] It is based on the 1940 novel The Environs of Aden by Pierre Benoît.
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Directed by | Michel Boisrond |
Written by | Jean Aurel Michel Boisrond Constance Colline Jacques Emmanuel |
Based on | The Environs of Aden by Pierre Benoît |
Produced by | Simon Barstoff |
Starring | André Luguet Jacques Dacqmine Dany Robin |
Cinematography | Marcel Grignon |
Edited by | Claudine Bouché |
Music by | Georges Van Parys |
Production company | S.B. Films |
Distributed by | Cocinor |
Release date | 22 August 1956 |
Running time | 88 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert.
In the late nineteenth century, a French theatrical troupe become stranded in the British colony of Aden where the officers of the garrison woo the leading stars. One of them Albine attracts the interest of a local Prince there to sign a treaty with the British, leading to his kidnapping her.
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