Hervé is a tough sea captain in command of the "Duchesse Anne", a rum-trading ship. But the sea dog hides a tender heart and he allows Marie-Douce, a poor slum girl who dreams of seeing the wide world,on board. To have her accepted by the crew, he passes her off as his niece. A seasoned master like him, wise enough to ban alcohol use on his ship, should have known better : a beautiful girl on the deck cannot but unleash the savage instincts of all those men without women.
Acting
Charles Vanel's weathered face doing all the heavy lifting
Direction
Gleize squeezing claustrophobia from open ocean
Director
Maurice Gleize
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
1947 France processing masculine guilt through maritime metaphor— Occupation hangover cinema at its most sweaty.
Gleize allegedly shot the storm sequences with actual fishing crews who found the melodrama hilarious.
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