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The History of French Cinema: 1943

12/1 -

Cinemas in Paris are forced to close on Tuesdays to save electricity, while studios must cease all activity for two days a week. [ADD]

3/2 -

For one week a percentage of box-office takings throughout the country is sent to the National Aid organisation for war victims. [ADD]

4/2 -

Marcel L’Herbier’s L’Honorable Catherine, starring Edwige Feuillère, is released. [ADD]

7/2 -

Robert Lynen, the actor who played Poil-de-Carotte at the age of 11, is arrested by the Germans as a member of the resistance, and imprisoned in Marseilles. [ADD]

15/2 -

In Vichy, a decree is issued requiring distributors and cinemas to give priority to short films of ‘national interest.’ [ADD]

31/5 -

Jean Gremillon begins location shooting of Le Ciel est a vous (The Woman Who Dared) at Le Bourget airport. [ADD]

21/6 -

A fire destroys the France-Actualite’s film library and the editing studios at the Buttes-Chaumont in Paris. [ADD]

23/6 -

Robert Bresson’s first full-length film, Les Anges du peche (Angels of the Street) is released.   Written by Father Raymond-Leopold Bruckberger and Jean Girardoux, it stars Renée Faure and Jany Holt. [ADD]

3/8 -

The Commercial court for the Seine endorses Pathé-Cinéma’'s recovery by certifying the payment of their debts. [ADD]

12/8 -

German authorities forbid filming in all coastal areas [ADD]

1/9 -

Gilles Grangier’s Ademai, bandit d’honneur is released.   The film is produced by the Associated Prisoners' film company, formed by recently released prisoners [ADD]

28/9 -

Henri-Georges Clouzot’s second film, Le Corbeau (The Raven) is released. [ADD]

The History of Cinema: 1943