''André Cornélis'' is a 1918 French
silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) ...
directed by
Georges Denola Georges Samson Denola (; 29 August 1865, Paris, France – 3 March 1944, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) was a French filmmaker and actor. His most notable film is ''La Jeunesse de Rocambole'', released in 1913. As an actor, Georges Denola has been seen ...
and
Jean Kemm
Jean Kemm (15 May 1874–1939) was a French stage and theater actor and film director.
Kemm was born Jules Adolphe Félix Bécheret in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris and died in Paris in 1939.
Selected filmography
* '' André Cornélis'' (1 ...
and starring
Romuald Joubé
Romuald Charles Eugène Gaudens Jean Sylve Joubé (20 June 1876 – 14 September 1949) was a French stage and film actor whose career on the stage and in films lasted approximately thirty years.
Career
Born in Mazères, Ariège, Romuald Jo ...
,
Pierre Magnier
Pierre Frédéric Magnier (February 22, 1869 - October 15, 1959) was a French actor who began on the stage in the 1890s and became a prominent silent film actor in France. He was the second actor to portray '' Cyrano de Bergerac'' in any film in ...
and
Henry Krauss
Henry Krauss (26 April 1866 – 15 December 1935) was a French actor of stage and screen. He is sometimes credited as Henri Krauss. He was the father of the art director Jacques Krauss.
Partial filmography
* ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame' ...
.
[Goble p.49] It is based on the 1886 novel ''André Cornélis'' by
Paul Bourget
Paul Charles Joseph Bourget (; 2 September 185225 December 1935) was a French poet, novelist and critic. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times.
Life
Paul Bourget was born in Amiens in the Somme ''département'' of Picar ...
. Kemm subsequently directed another version also titled ''
André Cornélis'' in 1927.
Plot
Mr. Cornélis dies mysteriously after discovering that one of his friends, Mr. Termonde (Pierre Magnier) was in love with his wife. The victim's son, André Cornélis (Romuald Joubé) suffers from his mother's remarriage to Mr. Dendermonde when he is still young. To find inner peace, André begins to investigate the death of his father and ends up killing his mother's second husband.
Cast
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Romuald Joubé
Romuald Charles Eugène Gaudens Jean Sylve Joubé (20 June 1876 – 14 September 1949) was a French stage and film actor whose career on the stage and in films lasted approximately thirty years.
Career
Born in Mazères, Ariège, Romuald Jo ...
*
Pierre Magnier
Pierre Frédéric Magnier (February 22, 1869 - October 15, 1959) was a French actor who began on the stage in the 1890s and became a prominent silent film actor in France. He was the second actor to portray '' Cyrano de Bergerac'' in any film in ...
*
Henry Krauss
Henry Krauss (26 April 1866 – 15 December 1935) was a French actor of stage and screen. He is sometimes credited as Henri Krauss. He was the father of the art director Jacques Krauss.
Partial filmography
* ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame' ...
* Paul Duc
* Marie-Louise Derval
* Mary Dorska
*
Jean Kemm
Jean Kemm (15 May 1874–1939) was a French stage and theater actor and film director.
Kemm was born Jules Adolphe Félix Bécheret in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris and died in Paris in 1939.
Selected filmography
* '' André Cornélis'' (1 ...
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
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1918 films
Films directed by Jean Kemm
Films directed by Georges Denola
French silent feature films
Films based on French novels
Pathé films
French black-and-white films
1910s French films
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