The Man from Nowhere (1937)
1h 23m
Running Time
February 18, 1937Release Date
The Man from Nowhere (1937)
1h 23m
Running Time
February 18, 1937Release Date
Plot.
Mathias Pascal, saddled with a stupid wife and a nagging mother-in-law, leaves home and is extremely lucky at several gambling resorts. He returns home and discovers that a drowned man, fished out of the river, bears an uncanny likeness to him and is being buried by his family as him. This, to him, is a pleasant turn of events and he goes to Rome, where he falls in love with Louise Paleari. Count Papiano, a jealous suitor of Louise's, threatens him with arrest unless he produces credentials to prove his identity.
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Details.
Release DateFebruary 18, 1937
Original NameL'Homme de nulle part
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 23m
Filming LocationsLazio · Rome, Italy
Genres
Wiki.
The Man from Nowhere (French: L'Homme de nulle part) is a 1937 French drama film directed by Pierre Chenal and starring Pierre Blanchar, Isa Miranda and Catherine Fonteney. It was made at the Cines Studios in Rome, and based on Luigi Pirandello's 1904 novel Il fu Mattia Pascal. A separate Italian-language version of the film was also produced.
It was a popular success, and was re-released in 1942.
The film's sets were designed by Guido Fiorini.