''Baroud'' is a 1932 British-French adventure film directed by Rex Ingram and

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and starring Felipe Montes, Rosita Garcia, and

Pierre Batcheff Pierre Batcheff (Russian: Пьер Батчефф; 23 June 1901? – 13 April 1932) was a French actor of Russian origin. He became a popular film actor from the mid-1920s until the early 1930s, and among his best-known work was the surrealist sh ...

. Actor

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debuted in a small role. The film was released in separate French and English-language versions, the latter sometimes known by the title ''Love in Morocco''.Cook p. 182 It was the final film of Ingram, a leading Hollywood director of the silent era, and the last film appearance by Alice Terry, a leading Hollywood star of the silent era and Ingram's wife. The title is the Berber word for war.

Plot

It is set in French Morocco. Two soldiers in the

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s, one a Frenchman and the other the son of a chief allied to the French, are friends, but quarrel when the Frenchman becomes romantically involved with the other's sister. They join forces again to repulse an attack by a hostile tribe.

Cast

English version

* Felipe Montes as Si Alal, Caid de Ilued * Rosita Garcia as Zinah, his daughter *

as Si Hamed * Rex Ingram as André Duval *

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as Mabrouka, a slave *

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as Si Amarok *

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as Captain Sabry * Laura Salerni as Arlette *

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(film debut in a bit part)

French version

* Philippe Moretti as Si Allal, Caïd d'IIllouet * Rosita Garcia as Zinah, la fille de Si Allal *

as Si Hamed, le fils de Si Allal, Maréchal des Logis de Spahis * Roland Caillaux as André Duval, Sergent de Spahis *

as Mabrouka *

as Si Amarock, Chef de tribu rebelle * Georges Busby as Lakhdar * Richard Gaillard as Capitaine Labry *

Colette Darfeuil Colette Darfeuil (born Emma Henriette Augustine Floquet, 7 February 1906 – 15 October 1998) was a French actress whose film career began at age 14 in 1920 and continued through the early 1950s. Darfeuil made her screen debut in at age 14 ...

as Arlette

References

Bibliography

* Cook, Pam. ''Gainsborough Pictures''. Cassell, 1997.

External links

* * 1932 films 1930s war adventure films 1930s French-language films British war adventure films French war adventure films Films directed by Rex Ingram Films set in Morocco Films shot in Morocco Gainsborough Pictures films Gaumont Film Company films French multilingual films Films scored by Jack Beaver British multilingual films 1932 multilingual films Films shot at Imperial Studios, Elstree 1930s English-language films 1930s British films 1930s French films {{1930s-France-film-stub