The Great Game (Le grand jeu) 90 years old

Pierre , a young lawyer, has enormous debts due to his mistress Florence and her whims of luxury life. Pierre has gone too far and put the family firm in jeopardy. They ask him to expatriate. To avoid scandal, Pierre joins the Foreign Legion. In Morocco, near the desert, Pierre goes with his comrades of the Legion to a bar-restaurant-brothel, owned by a shady character, Mr. Clement . Clement lives more or less with Ms.Blanche who is a fortune teller with cards, as a hobby. But Clement is also after his girls now and then. Pierre is still obsessed with Florence but he meets Irma , one of Clement's girls, who is the double of Florence except for hair color. Irma has had an accident and has lost part of her memory at a certain point of her recent past, and Pierre slowly persuades himself she is Florence, but cannot remember it. Advised by Ms.Blanche, Irma finally accepts to act as if she was Florence because she is falling in love with Pierre.

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The Great Game Cast

Name Character
Louis Florencie He was 37, 55 years old when he died as Fenoux
Pierre Larquey He was 49, 77 years old when he died as Gustin
Pierre Richard-Willm He was 38, 87 years old when he died as Pierre Martel / Pierre Muller
Françoise Rosay She was 43, 82 years old when she died as Blanche
Charles Vanel He was 41, 96 years old when he died as Clement
Camille Bert He was 53, 89 years old when he died as Le colonel
Pierre Labry He was 48, 62 years old when he died as Le cantinier
Marie Bell She was 33, 84 years old when she died as Florence / Irma
Claude Marcy as LA voix d'Irma
Pierre de Guingand He was 48, 79 years old when he died as Le capitaine

The Great Game Crew

Name Department
Harry Stradling Sr. as Director of Photography. He was 32 (68) years old when He died Camera
Jacques Feyder as Director. He was 48 (62) years old when He died Directing
The Great Game poster
The Great Game (90 years)

  • Release day: Wednesday, May 02, 1934
  • Runtime: 110 minutes