Les Travailleurs de la mer

Crime, Drama, Action · 1918

Adapted from Hugo's eponym novel, the story concerns a Guernseyman named Gilliatt, a social outcast who falls in love with Deruchette, the niece of a local shipowner, Mess Lethierry. When Lethierry's ship is wrecked on the Roches Douvres, a perilous reef, Deruchette promises to marry whomever can salvage the ship's steam engine. Gilliatt eagerly volunteers, and the story follows both his physical trials and tribulations.

Starring

Armand Tallier, Victor Hugo, Julien Duvivier, Marc Gérard, André Antoine, Charles Mosnier, Léonard Antoine, Andrée Brabant, Philippe Garnier, Léonard Antoine

Director

Léonard Antoine