The Wreckers

The Wreckers

92 mins | Drama, Adventure | Jan. 27, 1959

In 1852, the famine on a desolate Britanny's island named Blaz-Mor, off the coast of Finistère. Some residents exalted hold responsible the young Moira (Renée Cosima), equivalent to a witch. The old Marnez (Charles Vanel), "head" of the island, is trying to restore calm and opposes Yann Le Heart (Henri Vidal), the fiancé of his daughter Louise Kermelen (Dany Carrel), who wants causing a shipwreck to save the island from famine.

The Wreckers

92 mins | Drama, Adventure | Jan. 27, 1959

The Wreckers
In 1852, the famine on a desolate Britanny's island named Blaz-Mor, off the coast of Finistère. Some residents exalted hold responsible the young Moira (Renée Cosima), equivalent to a witch. The old Marnez (Charles Vanel), "head" of the island, is trying to restore calm and opposes Yann Le Heart (Henri Vidal), the fiancé of his daughter Louise Kermelen (Dany Carrel), who wants causing a shipwreck to save the island from famine.
Producers La Société des Films Sirius
Original title Les Naufrageurs
Directors Charles Brabant
Writers Gwenaël Bolloré, Charles Brabant, Roland Laudenbach

Cast

Henri Vidal

as Yann Le Cœur

Dany Carrel

as Louise Kermelen

Charles Vanel

as Marnez

Renée Cosima

as Moïra

Alfred Adam

as Le commissaire

Jean d'Yd

as Le curé

Jacques Fabbri

as Le gitan

Carl Schell

as Gilles

Madeleine Sologne

as La mère Gestin