
Les Travailleurs de la mer
Adapted from Hugo's eponym novel, the story concerns a Guernseyman named Gilliatt, a social outcast who falls in love with Deruchette, the niece of a local shipowner, Mess Lethierry. When Lethierry's ship is wrecked on the Roches Douvres, a perilous reef, Deruchette promises to marry whomever can salvage the ship's steam engine. Gilliatt eagerly volunteers, and the story follows both his physical trials and tribulations.
- Year: 1918
- Country: France
- Genre: Crime, Drama, Action
- Studio: Pathé Frères
- Keyword: based on novel or book
- Director: Léonard Antoine, André Antoine
- Cast: Armand Tallier, Marc Gérard, Charles Mosnier, Andrée Brabant, Philippe Garnier, Romuald Joubé