About this release
Noël, un ouvrier simple et frustre, est veuf. Il recueille Marthe, la fille d’un de ses camarades, et s’éprend d’elle. Cette dernière, touchée par sa gentillesse, consent à l’épouser. Mais à peine mariée, Marthe devient odieuse, prend un amant, impose à son mari toutes ses volontés et s’arrange pour éloigner ses parents.
Disc 1
DVD
Valley of Hell (1943)
88 min
Drama
Noël Bienvenu, owner of a career, is a widower and lives with his parents. His son Bastien, whom he despises, was sentenced to six months in prison for theft. Noël goes to see a dying friend, Romieux, who asks him to take care of his daughter Marthe, who has settled in Paris (Batignolles district). Noël goes there and discovers that Marthe is destitute (her lover Gaston being an incarcerated mobster): he then offers her to come and live with him and soon, marries her.
Credits
Director
Maurice Tourneur
Writer
Carlo Rim
Cast
Ginette Leclercas Marthe
Gabrielle Fontanas Mother Bienvenu
Nicole Cholletas Gustine
Colette Régisas Religious
Gabriel Gabrioas Noël Bienvenu
Édouard Delmontas Father Bienvenu
Lucien Gallasas Barthélémy
Raymond Cordyas Poiroux
Charles Blavetteas Cagnard
André Reybazas Bastien Bienvenu
Cinematographer
Armand Thirard
Composer
Roger Dumas
Editor
Christian Gaudin
Producer
Alfred Greven
Images
Release Details
- Packaging
- Keep Case
Catalogue Info
- Added by
- Matthew Simpson
- Date added
- July 26, 2026