

Port of Shadows
Tender... frankly adult. Filled with almost every emotion known to man
Down a foggy, desolate road to the port city of Le Havre travels Jean, an army deserter looking for another chance to make good on life. Fate, however, has a different plan for him, as acts of both revenge and kindness render him front-page news.
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- Released
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- Language
- French
- france
- harbor
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United StatesUS
- Theatrical29 Oct 1939
FranceFR
- TheatricalTPVisa CNC 114118 May 1938
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1217 May 1938
GreeceGR
- Theatrical (limited)Re-issue21 Sept 2023
ItalyIT
- PremiereVenice Film Festival25 Aug 1938
South KoreaKR
- Theatrical26 Oct 1948
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Port of Shadows was released on 17 May 1938.
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CinemaSerf
2/13/2023
Marcel Carné packs quite a lot into ninety minutes in this superior wartime thriller. It centres around the deserting soldier "Jean" (Jean Gabin) who arrives in Le Harve intending to seek a ship to some far flung neutral port. He needs clothes, though, and money, and food - and he is lucky to meet up with the teenage "Nelly" (Michèle Morgan). She is worldy beyond her years - she has grown up the hard way and is frequ…
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