''Bourrasque'' is a 1935 French drama film directed by Pierre Billon and starring

Germaine Rouer Germaine Rouer (1897–1994) was a French stage and film actress.Goble p.311 She was a member of the Comédie-Française. Selected filmography * ''Les Vampires'' (1916) * ''The Earth'' (1921) * '' The Bread Peddler'' (1923) * '' The Flame'' (1926 ...

Jacques Grétillat Jacques Marie Gaëtan Grétillat (26 August 1885 – 19 December 1950) was a French actor and film director. Grétillat was born in Vitry-sur-Seine (Val-de-Marne), and died in Paris. Partial filmography * ''Hamlet'' (1908, Short) - Hamlet * ...

and Jean Servais.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.281 The film's sets were designed by the

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Roland Quignon.

Synopsis

French Algerian French Algeria (french: Alger to 1839, then afterwards; unofficially , ar, الجزائر المستعمرة), also known as Colonial Algeria, was the period of French colonisation of Algeria. French rule in the region began in 1830 with the ...

Pierre Bardet refuses to allow permission for his son Marcel to marry an Arab woman. However Pierre's wife reveals that Marcel is not really his son and that his father is a

Qaid Qaid ( ar , قائد ', "commander"; pl. '), also spelled kaid or caïd, is a word meaning "commander" or "leader." It was a title in the Norman kingdom of Sicily, applied to palatine officials and members of the ''curia'', usually to those w ...

Cast

as Jane Bardet *

as Le caïd Belkacem * Jean Servais as Marcel Bardet *

Charles Lamy Charles Lamy or M. Lamy (28 August 1857 – 15 June 1940) was the stage name of the French actor Charles Castarède.Martin, p. 214 Life and career Lamy was born in Lyon to a theatrical family. His younger brother Maurice became an actor. He bega ...

as Cazalbou *

Max Maxudian Max Algop Maxudian (12 June 1881 – 20 July 1976) was a French stage and film actor. Born in the Ottoman Empire to an Armenian family, Max Maxudian emigrated to France with his parents in 1893 at the age of twelve. Maxudian became a famous theat ...

as Le commandant Moktar *

Pierre Alcover Pierre Alcover (14 March 1893 – 14 November 1957) was a French stage and film actor. He starred in 40 films between 1918 and 1943. In 1920 he starred in the film ''Champi-Tortu''. One of his most notable performances was in Marcel L'Herbier' ...

as Pierre Bardet * Francia Gaufray as Valérie Cazalbou *

Nicole Vattier Nicole Vattier (May 19, 1910 - January 12, 2007) was a French film actress, active mainly in the 1930s. She appeared as the female lead in the 1932 film ''Maurin of the Moors'' and its 1933 sequel ''The Illustrious Maurin'', both directed by And ...

as Ayada ben Moktar

References

Bibliography

* Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen. ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. * Vincendeau, Ginette. ''Stars and Stardom in French Cinema''. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2000.

External links

* 1935 films French drama films 1935 drama films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Pierre Billon French black-and-white films 1930s French films Films set in Algeria {{1930s-France-film-stub