Borderline
Date: 1930
Director: Kenneth MacPherson
Production Company: Pool Films
Stars: Paul Robeson, Eslanda Robeson, Hilda Doolittle
Location(s): Canton of Valais, Canton of Vaud (Switzerland)
Region(s): Switzerland
Storyline:
Madness, murder and ostracism are the effects of an adulterous inter-racial love triangle.
Additional Information:
Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson
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As she continues her affair with Thorne, Pete Marond recalls his partner Adah (Eslanda Robeson) in happier times.
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Adah makes her way through the small Swiss town.
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Spotting Adah from the window of their room, Pete Marond (Paul Robeson) leaves their guest house to follow. Quai Gustave Doret on the north shore of Lake Geneva in Lutry in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland.
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The shot follows Pete as he tries to catch up with his girl. Quai Gustave Doret between Place du Halles and Rue du Rivage.
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Place du Temple in Lutry to the east of Lausanne.
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As other Guests comment on his situation, the camera finds Pete as he searches for Adah.
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Adah passes through an archway. The passage through the arch on Rue du Château leads to Rue du Bourg in Lutry.
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Catching sight of Adah again, Pete follows. In the background stands Temple de Lutry on Place du Temple in Lutry.
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The arch on Rue du Château in Lutry.
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Pete approaches a junction.
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Adah walks on as Pete turns the corner behind her.
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Facing Grande-Rue from Place de la Couronne in Lutry with the old fountain dating from 1676 in the right foreground.
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Looking from Place de la Couronne towards Rue des Tanneurs.
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Aware that she is being pursued, Adah slips into a entryway. Rue des Tanneurs in Lutry.
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The archway stands on Rue des Tanneurs and the yard is adjacent to what are now the offices of Favre Mécanique Navale at number 1.
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Pete confronts his partner. Looking towards Place de la Couronne from Rue des Tanneurs in Lutry.
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After a reconciliation, Pete and Adah leave town. The Rhône Bridge crossing the River Rhône at Saint-Maurice to the south of Montreux. The river forms the border between the Cantons of Vaud and Valais.
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Saint-Maurice Castle in the Canton of Valais in Switzerland.
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Pete helps Adah climb from the valley . . . .
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. . . before the two attempt to rekindle their love.
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As the guest house Residents continue their Bohemian way of life, Pete returns to his room.
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With a reverse point of view, the camera picks up Pete as he passes.
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A Road Sweeper cleans the town's tram lines.
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Following a confrontation with Pete, Thorne (Gavin Arthur) leaves the guest house.
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An Old Lady (Blanche Lewin) looks into the guest house as Thorne and Astrid fight inside.
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After Astrid's death at the hand of Thorne, Pete and Adah talk as they walk in the surrounding hills.
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As Thorne stands trial for murder, Adah explains that she is unhappy.
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Ostracised by the guest house Residents and receiving a letter from the Mayor, Pete is banished from the town.
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At the railway station, Pete remembers his friends at the guest house.
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Life returns to normal in the town as Pete waits at the station.