''Cousin Bette'' (French: ''La cousine Bette'') is a 1928 French silent

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directed by Max de Rieux 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 ...

Henri Baudin Henri Baudin (1882–1953) was a French film actor of the silent era.Goble p.122 Selected filmography * ''The Crushed Idol'' (1920) * ''Les Trois Mousquetaires'' (1921) * '' Sarati the Terrible'' (1923) * '' The Bread Peddler'' (1923) * '' Littl ...

and

Alice Tissot Alice Tissot (1 January 1890 – 5 May 1971) was a French actress. Partial filmography * ''Poum à la chasse'' (1908) * ''Le devoir'' (1908) * ' (1909) * ' (1909) * '' The Two Girls'' (1921) * '' A Son from America'' (1924) * '' Captain Rasca ...

. It is based on the 1846 novel ''

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'' by

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.Goble p.722 The film's sets were designed by the

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Claude Dauphin.

Cast

as Valérie Marneffe *

as Baron Hulot *

as Elisabeth ' Lisbeth ' Fisher, la cousine Bette *

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 Marneffe *

François Rozet François Rozet, (25 March 1899 – 8 April 1994) was a French-born Canadian actor. Rozet was born March 25, 1899 in Villars-les-Dombes, Ain, Rhône-Alpes, France and died in Montréal, Québec, Canada. In 1971, he was made an Officer of ...

as Le comte Wenceslas Steinbock *

Suzy Pierson Suzy Pierson (1902–1996) was a French film actress.Goble p.128 She played lead roles in several silent films of the 1920s. Selected filmography * '' Six and One Half Times Eleven'' (1927) * ''The Three-Sided Mirror'' (1927) * '' André Cornéli ...

as Josepha * Jane Huteau as Jenny Cadine * Léon Guillot de Saix as Claude Vignon * Mansuelle as Célestin Crevel *

Andrée Brabant Marie Thérèse "Andrée" Brabant (1901–1989) was a French film actress.Goble p.161 She played a number of leading roles during the silent era. Selected filmography * ''Le droit à la vie'' (1917) * ''The Zone of Death'' (1917) * ''Flipotte'' ...

as La comtesse Hortense Steinbock * Maria Carli as Adeline, baronne Hulot d'Ervy Hulot * Nell Haroun as Le baron Montejanes

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1928 films Films set in the 19th century Films directed by Max de Rieux French silent feature films 1920s historical drama films French historical drama films 1928 drama films Silent historical drama films 1920s French films 1920s French-language films {{1920s-France-film-stub