Iceland Fisherman
About Iceland Fisherman
In Paimpol, the fisherman Yann loves Gaud, and she loves him. She is richer than he is, and he will not marry on those terms. He comes back from the Iceland grounds and finds her ruined. He marries her. Six days later he has to sail again. The boat is wrecked and he is killed. Gaud goes back to the heath each day and waits for a ship that does not come.
Cast & crew
More about Iceland Fisherman
Jacques de Baroncelli wrote and directed it from Pierre Loti's novel. It opened in France on 10 October 1924 and runs 93 minutes. Charles Vanel plays Yann. Sandra Milovanoff plays Gaud. Roger San Juana plays Sylvestre Moan. Madame Boyer plays Yvonne Moan. The French title is Pêcheur d'Islande.
Themes
Making
Baroncelli set Loti's story in the Breton ports the fishermen leave for Iceland, with Vanel as the man who will not take a richer wife.
Preservation
A print survives.
Notes
- Yann's refusal is the money, not a lack of feeling.
- The wedding lasts six days before the next sailing.
- Abel Sovet plays Yvonneck. Claire Darcas plays a café-concert singer.
- Thomy Bourdelle, Jean Wells, and Noémie Scize are also billed.
Scenes
- Yann will not marry Gaud while she has the money.
- He finds her ruined and marries her.
- The boat is lost, and she waits on the heath.
Influenced by
- Pierre Loti's Pêcheur d'Islande
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Pêcheur d'Islande (1924).webm)