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The Courier Of Lyon (1923 Film)
''The Courier of Lyon'' (French: ''L'affaire du courrier de Lyon'') is a 1923 French historical drama film directed by Léon Poirier and starring Roger Karl, Daniel Mendaille and Émile Saint-Ober.Klossner p.88 It is based on the 1796 Courrier de Lyon case, which has been turned into many films including a 1937 French release '' The Courier of Lyon''. Main cast * Roger Karl as Joseph Lesurques / Dubosc * Daniel Mendaille as Le comte de Maupry * Émile Saint-Ober as Durochat * Laurence Myrga as Madeleine Brebant * Suzanne Bianchetti as Clotilde d'Argence * Blanche Montel as Mme Lesurques * Marcel Bourdel as Vidal * Paul Horace as Courriol * Amy Vautrin as Elise Audebert * Suzanne Dantès as Claudine Barrière * Albert Brouett as Campion * Émile Garandet as Guénot * Colette Darfeuil * Georges Deneubourg as L'accusateur public * André Daven André Daven (1900–1981) was a French film producer, actor and director. In the mid-1920s he was the art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léon Poirier
Léon Poirier (25 August 1884 – 27 June 1968) was a French film director, screenwriter and film producer best known for his silent films from 1913 onwards. He directed some 25 films between 1913 and 1949. His most famous film today is '' Verdun: Visions of History'', a drama-documentary depicting the World War I Battle of Verdun. His later films adopted a form of poetic realism influenced by pictorialist photography. Life Poirier was the nephew of Berthe Morisot. He began his career in the theatre, as secretary of the Théâtre du Gymnase. Following a serious accident, he withdrew from theatrical productions and accepted a contract from Gaumont to make a film. In 1914 with the outbreak of war, he joined the army and became a lieutenant in the artillery, even though his accident exempted him from duty. At the end of the conflict he returned to filmmaking, creating a large number of films in the silent era, but reducing his output after the advent of sound. Most of these works ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |