Suez

Suez

Director: Otto Brower, Allan Dwan Cast: Louis Silvers
Louis Silvers
, David Raksin
David Raksin
, Tyrone Power
Tyrone Power
Otto Brower
Suez

Suez

Director: Otto Brower, Allan Dwan Cast: Louis Silvers
Louis Silvers
, David Raksin
David Raksin
, Tyrone Power
Tyrone Power
Otto Brower

DVD (B&W / Full Frame)

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Overview

This is an epic Darryl F. Zanuck production that plays fast and loose with historical facts regarding early 19th century French politics and the building of the Suez Canal. Tyrone Power stars as Ferdinand de Lesseps, an engineer and son of a French nobleman (Harry Stephenson). At the start of the film, he is in love with Eugenie (Loretta Young), but so is the French President Louis Napoleon (Leon Ames). After his father is appointed French consul to Egypt, the younger de Lesseps travels there and conceives the idea of a canal connecting the Mediterranean and Red seas. Back in France, he is promised help by Eugenie, now Napoleon's mistress, in exchange for Count de Lesseps' agreement to dissolve the government temporarily. Napoleon then declares himself emperor, making Eugenie his empress. The elder de Lesseps dies of shock at the political betrayal, while the younger de Lesseps starts building the canal, overcoming attacks by tribal people and severe heat. France cuts off backing, and de Lesseps has to get help from England to finish the project. A sandstorm injures de Lesseps, and his French-Egyptian lover Toni (Annabella) straps him to a post to save him, sacrificing her own life for the canal. Power and Annabella married each other after the film. The descendants of de Lesseps sued 20th Century Fox for libel, but lost. ~ Michael Betzold

Product Details

Release Date: 06/20/2012
UPC: 0024543810711
Original Release: 1938
Source: ALLIED VAUGHN
Presentation: [B&W, Full Frame]
Sound: [monaural]
Language: English
Time: 1:38:00
Sales rank: 36,260

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Tyrone Power Ferdinand De Lesseps
Loretta Young Empress Eugenie
Annabella Toni
J. Edward Bromberg Said
Joseph Schildkraut La Tour
Henry Stephenson Count de Lesseps
Sidney Blackmer Du Brey
Nigel Bruce Sir Malcolm Cameron
Miles Mander Benjamin Disraeli
George Zucco Prime Minister
Leon Ames Louis Napoleon
Rafaela Ottiano Maria De Teba
Victor Varconi Victor Hugo
Jacques Lory Millet
Odette Myrtil Duchess
Frank Reicher Gen. Chargarnier
Carlos de Valdez Count Hatzfeld
Albert Conti Fevier
Brandon Hurst Franz Liszt
Marcelle Corday Mme. Paquineau
Egon Brecher Doctor
Alphonse Martell Gen. St. Arnaud
C. Montague Shaw Elderly Man
Leonard Mudie Campaign Manager
Jean Perry Umpire
Robert Graves Official
Christina Mantt Maid
Anita Pike Julia
Louis La Bey Servant
Frank Lackteen Swami
Alberto Morin Achmed
Michael Visaroff Jewel Merchant
Louis Vincenot Jewel Merchant
Fred Malatesta Jewel Merchant
Denis d'Auburn Wrestler
Jerome De Nuccio Wrestler
Tony Urchell Wrestler
Jean De Briac Engineer
George Sorel Assistant
Maurice Moscovitch Mohammed Ali
Jacques Vanaire Old Engineer
Sig Ruman Sgt. Fellerin

Technical Credits
Otto Brower Director
Allan Dwan Director
Gene Markey Producer
Fred Sersen Special Effects
Philip Dunne Screenwriter
Julien Josephson Screenwriter
Roger Heman Sound/Sound Designer
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