A wife boards her husband's ship in disguise. What could possibly go wrong in the fog?
The captain of a Marseille freighter suspects his wife of cheating on him with his childhood friend. The ulcerated wife decides to take a trip with her sister and this friend, and registers herself under a false name on her husband's boat. A disaster caused by the fog reveals to the household their love for each other.
Acting
Jean Murat's simmering captain barely containing volcanic rage
Cinematography
Fog as character—claustrophobic maritime atmosphere
Direction
Baroncelli squeezing maximum tension from minimal runtime
Director
Jacques de Baroncelli
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during the brief window of Pre-Code freedom, this French production slipped past American censors with its frank marital crisis—Hollywood wouldn't touch this plot for another three decades.
Director Jacques de Baroncelli was so obsessed with authenticity that he filmed actual Marseille harbor workers as extras, then had to reshoot when they kept looking directly into camera.
No ratings yet
Sign in to join the discussion — comments are spoiler-gated to your watch progress.
Discussion starters
FR
