Student’s Hotel (1932) [N/A]
Featuring:
Lisette Lanvin, Raymond Galle, Christian Casadesus
Written by:
Henri Decoin
Directed by:
Viktor Tourjansky
Release Date:
September 8, 1932
Original Title:
Hôtel des étudiants
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Capitole Films
Production Countries:
France
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 91
Hotel des Etudients (Student's Hotel) was the great Tourjansky's sole directorial contribution of 1932. The scene is a Parisian rooming house, catering to students of both sexes. The heroine has a brief affair with a handsome young man, emerging from the experience a little wiser and a lot sadder. Her reputation ruined, the girl seems destined for the oblivion of the streets. But the boy finally realizes the harm he's caused, and in the last few minutes of the film finally does the "right thing." The critical consensus was that the film might have been better had their been fewer fake "exterior" sets and more genuine location filming.
At the Sorbonne University in Paris, Odette, a young student, is courted by two sympathetic students. She gives in to the advances of the most charming, Jacques, and finds herself pregnant. Maxime, who has obtained nothing from her, immediately offers to become her husband, but she don't want him. Jacques, when he finds out about the situation, finally decides to marry Odette, much to Maxime's disappointment.
