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Les Travailleurs de la mer

1918 · 1 h 32 · France · French

  • Action
  • Crime
  • Drama

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.

Directed by
André Antoine, Léonard Antoine
Written by
Léonard Antoine
Based on
Victor Hugo

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