''Culprit'' (French: ''Le coupable'') is a 1917 French silent drama film directed by André Antoine and starring Romuald Joubé, Sylvie and

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 * ...

. It was based on a novel by François Coppée. In 1937 it was remade as a sound film ''

Culprit A culprit, under English law properly the prisoner at the bar, is one accused of a crime. The term is used, generally, of one guilty of an offence. In origin the word is a combination of two Anglo-French legal words, culpable: guilty, and prit or ...

''.

Plot

Chrétien Lescuyer is a prosecuting attorney whose defendant's son commits murder. The son abandons his pregnant mother to fight against a hostile world. During the hearing, Chrétien Lescuyer talks about his story. Coming from a family of Norman notables, and exercising the profession of magistrate from father to son, the young Christian's father sent him to Paris to complete his law studies. One day, François Donnadieu, a sculptor, a childhood friend, invites him to go to his country house, which is in Vaugirard, to spend Sunday there. It was during this visit that Chrétien met Héloïse, Donnadieu's girlfriend and seamstress by profession, as well as the young Perrinette Forgeat, a florist by profession, with whom he fell in love.

Restoring

This film was restored in 1987 by the Cinémathèque Française, with the help of the Musée d'Orsay and the participation of the Kodak Pathé foundation. The restoration of the film was possible thanks to the loan of a copy held by the Cinematheque of Prague, in the Czech Republic.

Cast

* Romuald Joubé as Chrétien Lescuyer * Sylvie as Louise Rameau *

as Prosper Aubry * as Donadieu - the sculptor * as Perrinette *Mona Gondré as Chrétien - as a child * as Grosse Caisse *

René Rocher René Rocher (5 August 1890, in Paris''Archives numérisées de l'état civil de Paris'', acte de naissance n° 9/1177/1890, avec mention marginale du décès, date et lieu indiqués: 24 juin 1970 in 7th arrondissement of Paris (accessdate 7 Novemb ...

as Chrétien Forgeat

References

External links

* French drama films French silent feature films 1917 drama films Films directed by André Antoine French black-and-white films 1910s French-language films Silent drama films 1910s French films {{1910s-France-film-stub