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Cap sur Marseille

Original title: Passage to Marseille
  • 1944
  • Tous publics
  • 1h 15m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
5.4K
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Humphrey Bogart in Cap sur Marseille (1944)
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Five patriotic convicts are helped to escape imprisonment in Devil's Island so they can fight for occupied Free French forces against the Nazis.Five patriotic convicts are helped to escape imprisonment in Devil's Island so they can fight for occupied Free French forces against the Nazis.Five patriotic convicts are helped to escape imprisonment in Devil's Island so they can fight for occupied Free French forces against the Nazis.

  • Director
    • Michael Curtiz
  • Writers
    • Casey Robinson
    • Jack Moffitt
    • Charles Nordhoff
  • Stars
    • Humphrey Bogart
    • Claude Rains
    • Michèle Morgan
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
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    • Director
      • Michael Curtiz
    • Writers
      • Casey Robinson
      • Jack Moffitt
      • Charles Nordhoff
    • Stars
      • Humphrey Bogart
      • Claude Rains
      • Michèle Morgan
    • 73User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Humphrey Bogart
    Humphrey Bogart
    • Jean Matrac
    Claude Rains
    Claude Rains
    • Capt. Freycinet
    Michèle Morgan
    Michèle Morgan
    • Paula Matrac
    • (as Michele Morgan)
    Philip Dorn
    Philip Dorn
    • Renault
    Sydney Greenstreet
    Sydney Greenstreet
    • Maj. Duval
    Peter Lorre
    Peter Lorre
    • Marius
    George Tobias
    George Tobias
    • Petit
    Helmut Dantine
    Helmut Dantine
    • Garou
    John Loder
    John Loder
    • Manning
    Victor Francen
    Victor Francen
    • Capt. Patain Malo
    Vladimir Sokoloff
    Vladimir Sokoloff
    • Grandpere
    Eduardo Ciannelli
    Eduardo Ciannelli
    • Chief Engineer
    • (as Edward Ciannelli)
    Corinna Mura
    Corinna Mura
    • Singer
    Fred Aldrich
    Fred Aldrich
    • Seaman
    • (uncredited)
    Charles Andre
    • Navigator
    • (uncredited)
    Robert Appel
    • Guard
    • (uncredited)
    John Bagni
    • Seaman
    • (uncredited)
    Albert Baldo
    • Seaman
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Michael Curtiz
    • Writers
      • Casey Robinson
      • Jack Moffitt
      • Charles Nordhoff
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    Bucs1960

    Casablanca Redux?

    I think this film gets a bad rap as most people see it as a Casablanca wanna-be based on the fact that the same players appear in both (even the singer Corinne Mura shows up here although she was uncredited in Casablanca). Granted, this is a propaganda film but so were hundreds of others made at this time. France gets particular attention as the sole cause of the Munich sell-out and Marshall Petain, old and misguided, gets all the blame......this is not exactly how it was but we have to remember that Vichy was collaborating with the Nazis. (Remember how Claude Rains threw away the bottle of Vichy water in Casablanca?) So we have to view this film in the context of the times.

    Bogey plays his character just like Bogey.....no attempt at a French accent which probably would have been disastrous anyway and the cast is a melting pot of nationalities. But how can you go wrong with Bogey, Greenstreet, Rains and Lorre? They could make an educational film about the building and maintenance of an internal combustion engine interesting!

    The flashbacks are not hard to follow, and although a rather awkward story telling method in this particular film, don't really take that much away from the screenplay.

    Bogey's actions surrounding the survivors of the downed German plane were a bit surprising but hey, it was war. The entire fight on the ship against the Germans was the best part of the film.

    Michele Morgan had absolutely nothing to do in this film which is too bad as she was a wonderful actress with a haunting beauty but this is basically a man's movie.

    All in all, this isn't a bad film but it has suffered because of its comparison to Casablanca. Be warned that it is pure propaganda but I found it enjoyable and a window on a different time.
    6JoeytheBrit

    Passage to Marseille review

    It looks like a sure-fire winner on paper, but nothing about Passage to Marseille really clicks. Bogie's Devil's Island escapee never feels like a fully-rounded character, and Greenstreet, Lorre and Rains - Bogart's fellow stars from the same studio's Casablanca - are wasted in largely inconsequential roles. Another negative: the clumsy flashback structure plays havoc with the pacing of the story. Still watchable, but a definite misfire.
    george-102

    Bogart's character not always saintly

    I think some people have been unduly unfair on this film.

    There is quite a complex sequence of flashbacks. But as a matter of fact, I didn't find them at all difficult to follow. My brain only hurts when I try to work it out afterwards. Maybe it's another of those things which work better in a cinema than on TV.

    There is a scene where Bogart's character commits a war crime. I think we have to remember that Bogart did not always play saintly characters. He was not exactly saintly in the "Maltese Falcon" or "Casablanca". He was even less saintly in "The Caine Mutiny". I am sure that the audience in 1944 would have been shocked by the war crime just as we are

    now; even Nazi propaganda sometimes emphasised the importance of being gentlemanly to prisoners. The easy and boring option would have been for

    Bogart to play the all-American (or all-French) hero throughout; I find it

    more interesting that in this case he isn't. I think the circumstances to some extent explain what Bogart's character does. The fact is war crimes happen in war. They happened then, and they happen now, and the perpetrators are not as through-and-through evil (or different from us) as we would like to think.

    I agree with those who say this film is not as good as "Casablanca" or the "Maltese Falcon". The plot is a lot more lumpy and uneven than those films. But I've seen those two films several times already, and I can't watch them every night. "Passage to Marseille" is worth at least one viewing. In fact I would like to see it again, if I get a chance.
    6Xstal

    The Butterfly Collector...

    On the horizon a canoe that's a small crew, without sustenance, they're all just about through, the Ville de Nancy brings them in, a war wages from Berlin, through several flashbacks there's a story that comes through. As it transpires that they've escaped from Devil's Island, they are keen to get to France to fight for their land, but a Vichy sympathiser, and his sycophant adviser, try to scupper this bedraggled, ragged band. It's not the greatest film with folks you may admire, Sydney has an odd accent, that's rather dire, but generally it's fine, as they sail across the brine, you can tick it off your list if you require.
    jwpeel-1

    Flashbacks be dammed! This is a great action movie.

    While much has been made of the flashback within a flashback utilized in the movie, one shouldn't overlook the great action sequences, particularly towards the end, that have you cheering on the French heroes in the film. Sure, Humphrey Bogart doesn't attempt a French accent, but just look at films where he didn't attempt a foreign accent and how disasters they were (what was that James Cagney Western where Bogie was supposed to speak with a Spanish accent? I still cringe at the thought of it.) But it doesn't affect his acting in the lead role. After all, Clark Gable didn't put on a Southern accent for "God With The Wind" and I didn't hurt his work in that masterpiece.

    This is no masterpiece and it is difficult to follow sometimes, but just to see Peter Lorre, Sidney Greenstreet and Claude Raines work is worth it. This

    Again, many people have mentioned in the war crime Bogart commits in the film, but when I saw the supposed offending part, I had no problem with it. And I'm no conservative when it comes to such things normally, but the "crime" is against ruthless that these who had no such reservations about the rules of war.

    "Casablanca" is an entirely different film and it is unfair to compare this one to that one just because it has the same director and many of the same cast members. This is a rousing piece of war propaganda that gets the audience involved and I liked it very much. There is even an emotional element to it and unlike "Casablanca," it does not feel studio bound with even some believable exterior shots. I give it seven out of ten for the action alone.

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    • Trivia
      Warner Bros. built a full-scale Merchant Marine ship in three months, modeled after the French ship Ville de Nancy.
    • Goofs
      During bombing runs, the plane is being attacked by anti-aircraft artillery and fighters at the same time. This would not happen as the fighters would stay outside the area when AAA is firing on the planes to avoid being shot down by their own guns.
    • Quotes

      Captain Freycinet: It's a fine day.

      Renault: Any day that takes us closer to France is a fine day.

    • Connections
      Featured in Great Performances: Bacall on Bogart (1988)
    • Soundtracks
      Someday I'll Meet You Again
      (1944) (uncredited)

      Music by Max Steiner

      Lyrics by Ned Washington

      Sung by Corinna Mura

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    • Release date
      • July 6, 1977 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
      • German
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Passage pour Marseille
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden - 301 N. Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros.
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 15m(75 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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