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In 1930, on the island of Noronha in Brazil, the inmates of the penitentiary revolt. Frédéric Coulibaud, head of the aeropostale radio station, and his team-mates Mastic and Froment, try to prevent them from entering the concession where the island's governor and his daughter have taken refuge. They manage to repair the radio so as to follow and guide Mermoz as he attempts to cross the South Atlantic for the 53rd time. The aviator is forced to ditch and is picked up by a boat. Their mission accomplished, Coulibaud and his team boarded a British ship that had come to their rescue.Read moreLess
In 1930, on the island of Noronha in Brazil, the inmates of the penitentiary revolt. Frédéric Coulibaud, head of the aeropostale radio station, and his team-mates Mastic and Froment, try to prevent them from entering the concession where the island's governor and his daughter have taken refuge. They manage to repair the radio so as to follow and guide Mermoz as he attempts to cross the South Atlantic for the 53rd time. The aviator is forced to ditch and is picked up by a boat. Their mission accomplished, Coulibaud and his team boarded a British ship that had come to their rescue.
The story
In 1930, on the island of Noronha in Brazil, the inmates of the penitentiary revolt. Frédéric Coulibaud, head of the aeropostale radio station, and his team-mates Mastic and Froment, try to prevent them from entering the concession where the island's governor and his daughter have taken refuge. They manage to repair the radio so as to follow and guide Mermoz as he attempts to cross the South Atlantic for the 53rd time. The aviator is forced to ditch and is picked up by a boat. Their mission accomplished, Coulibaud and his team boarded a British ship that had come to their rescue.
Cast & crew
Jean MaraisFrédéric Coulibaud
Yves MassardFroment
José LewgoyPratinho
Nerio BernardiLe gouverneur
Ruy GuerraMiguel
Vanja OricoVanja
Daniel IvernelMasticVanja OricoCastDaniel IvernelCastExplore the crew
- Director
- Georges Rouquier
- Writer
- Pierre Boileau
- Director of Photography
- Henri Decaë
- Writer
- Thomas Narcejac
- Original Music Composer
- José Padilla
- Writer
- Georges Rouquier
- Original Music Composer
- Jean-Jacques Grünenwald
- Producer
- André Halley des Fontaines
- Editor
- Germaine Artus