The Citadel of Silence
1937 film
- 3 June 1937 (1937-06-03)
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The Citadel of Silence (French: La citadelle du silence) is a 1937 French drama film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Annabella, Pierre Renoir and Bernard Lancret.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Andrej Andrejew and Guy de Gastyne.
Synopsis
In Tsarist Russia before the First World War a young female revolutionary attempts to kill a senior official. It is her lover who is arrested however and to try and rescue him she becomes romantically close to the commander the fortress where he is imprisoned.
Cast
- Annabella as Viana
- Pierre Renoir as Stepan
- Bernard Lancret as César Birsky
- Gilberte Géniat as Catherine
- Pauline Carton as La logeuse
- Pierre Larquey as Bartek
- Paul Amiot as Vladorowsky
- Robert Le Vigan as Granoff
- Roger Blin as Officier
- Pierre Alcover as Le gouverneur de Varsovie
- Jeanne Fusier-Gir as La fille du majordome
- Alexandre Rignault as Le gardien
- Mady Berry as Patronne de l'hôtel
- Georges Melchior as Nevitzky
- Lucas Gridoux as L'espion
- José Squinquel as Le capitaine
- Claire Gérard as La nounou
- Marguerite Pierry as La logeuse
- Marthe Mellot as Joséphine
- Denise Jovelet as Vania enfant
- Georges Saillard as Un insurgé
- Fabien Loris as Le 836
- Marcel Rouzé as Un officier à la citadelle
- Henri Échourin as Le porteur
- Fernand Bellan
- Henry Darbray
- Guy Decomble
- Georges Lannes as Kerlov
- André Nox
- Philippe Richard
References
- ^ Driskell p.209
Bibliography
- Jonathan Driskell. The French Screen Goddess: Film Stardom and the Modern Woman in 1930s France. I.B.Tauris, 2015.
External links
- The Citadel of Silence at IMDb
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Films directed by Marcel L'Herbier
- Le Carnaval des vérités (1920)
- L'Homme du large (1920)
- El Dorado (1921)
- L'Inhumaine (1924)
- Feu Mathias Pascal (1925)
- Le Vertige (1926)
- Little Devil May Care (1928)
- L'Argent (1928)
- La Femme d'une nuit (1930)
- Nights of Princes (1930)
- The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1930)
- The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1931)
- L'Épervier (1933)
- The Scandal (1934)
- The Adventurer (1934)
- Le Bonheur (1934)
- La Route impériale (1935)
- Veille d'armes (1935)
- The New Men (1936)
- Nights of Fire (1937)
- The Cheat (1937)
- The Citadel of Silence (1937)
- Rasputin (1938)
- Adrienne Lecouvreur (1938)
- Savage Brigade (1939)
- Entente cordiale (1939)
- La Comédie du bonheur (1940)
- Foolish Husbands (1941)
- La Nuit fantastique (1942)
- The Honourable Catherine (1943)
- La Vie de Bohème (1942-1945)
- Happy Go Lucky (1946)
- The Queen's Necklace (1946)
- The Last Days of Pompeii (1948-1950)
- The Father of the Girl (1953)
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