''Boissière'' is a 1937 French
war drama film
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directed by
Fernand Rivers
Fernand Rivers (born François Large, 6 September 1879, Saint-Lager - 12 September 1960) was a French actor, screenwriter, film producer and director. He was the brother of the actor Rivers Cadet.
Partial filmography Director
* '' The Ironmaster' ...
and starring
Andrée Spinelly
Andrée Spinelly (1887–1966), often known simply as Spinelly, was a French stage actress. She also appeared in several films. She emerged as a major music hall star in Paris, as well as touring in London and New York.Merrill p.177
Selected film ...
,
Pierre Renoir
Pierre Renoir (March 21, 1885 – March 11, 1952) was a French stage and film actor. He was the son of the impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir and elder brother of the film director Jean Renoir. He is also noted for being the first ...
and
Suzanne Desprès
Suzanne Desprès (16 December 1875 – 1 July 1951) was a French actress who was born at Verdun, Meuse and trained at the Paris Conservatoire, where in 1897 she obtained the first prize for comedy, and the second for tragedy.
She then became as ...
. It is an adaptation of the 1935 novel of the same title by
Pierre Benoit.
[Goble p.36] The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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Robert Gys
Robert Gys (1901–1977) was a French art director.O'Shaughnessy p.238
Selected filmography
* '' Imperial Violets'' (1924)
* ''The Phantom of the Moulin Rouge'' (1925)
* ''Miss Europe'' (1930)
* ''Dance Hall'' (1931)
* '' The Dream'' (1931)
* '' ...
.
Cast
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Andrée Spinelly
Andrée Spinelly (1887–1966), often known simply as Spinelly, was a French stage actress. She also appeared in several films. She emerged as a major music hall star in Paris, as well as touring in London and New York.Merrill p.177
Selected film ...
as Adlone Hébert
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Pierre Renoir
Pierre Renoir (March 21, 1885 – March 11, 1952) was a French stage and film actor. He was the son of the impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir and elder brother of the film director Jean Renoir. He is also noted for being the first ...
as Le général baron von Hubner
*
Suzanne Desprès
Suzanne Desprès (16 December 1875 – 1 July 1951) was a French actress who was born at Verdun, Meuse and trained at the Paris Conservatoire, where in 1897 she obtained the first prize for comedy, and the second for tragedy.
She then became as ...
as Catherine Vandehove
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Lucien Nat as Jean Le Barois
*
Pauline Carton as Estelle
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as Madame Le Barois
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Augustine Prieur
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as Françoise Faget
*
Paulette Élambert Paulette may refer to:
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as La petite Lucile
*
Ducellier as La mère Thérèse
*
Marie Marcilly as Une vieille femme
*
Jean Yonnel
Jean Yonnel (21 July 1891 – 17 August 1968) was a Romanian-born French actor.
Yonnel was born in Bucharest, Romania as Jean-Estève Schachmann and began his film career in France in the 1910s. Some of his notable performance were in ''Obsession ...
as Hector Le Barois
*
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as Le petit Jean
*
Rivers Cadet as Estève
*
Jean Périer
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as Charles Le Barois
*
Paul Velsa
Paul Velsa (29 December 1905 – 20 May 1944) was a French film actor.Alpi p.346 He appeared in more than thirty films between 1928 and 1938.
Selected filmography
* '' Captain Fracasse'' (1929)
* ''Heart of Paris'' (1932)
* '' Mademoiselle Josett ...
as Vigouroux
*
Ernest Ferny as Walrand
*
Henri Darcet as L'imitateur de Maillol
References
Bibliography
* Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. ''Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939''. Pygmalion, 1986.
* Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002.
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
* Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
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1937 films
French war drama films
1937 drama films
1937 war films
1930s French-language films
Films directed by Fernand Rivers
French black-and-white films
1930s French films
Films based on French novels
French World War I films
Films based on works by Pierre Benoit
Films scored by Henri Verdun
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