Tempesta

The film's production was heavily disrupted by the Second World War. Filming started in July 1939 but was interrupted on 3 September due to France declaring war on Germany, with director Jean Grémillon and lead actor Jean Gabin being mobilized. With a special permission granted, shooting resumed on 6 May 1940 but was interrupted again in June with the German army at the gates of Paris, leading producer Joseph Lucachevitch to flee to the USA while assistant director Louis Daquin and editor Marcel Cravenne took the film reels to the south of France, in Marseille and Pau. Filming resumed for the final time under German occupation in 1941, despite both lead actors Jean Gabin and Michèle Morgan having fled to the USA and concluded on 2 September, with some planned scenes having never been shot.

Edited into Spisok korabley (2008)