En plongée was a 1926 French film directed by
Jacques Robert.
[Alan Goble, ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film'', Berlin, Germany: Walter de Gruyter, p. 16]
/ref> It was based on ''Fragments d'épaves'', a novel by Bernard Frank. It was shot in Monaco
Monaco (; ), officially the Principality of Monaco (french: Principauté de Monaco; Ligurian: ; oc, Principat de Mónegue), is a sovereign city-state and microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Italian region of Lig ...
, but set in Brittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period ...
.[''La pensée de midi'', Actes Sud, 2001, Issues 4-6, p. 91](_blank)
/ref> It is a spy film.
It was reviewed in ''Cinémagazine
''Cinémagazine'' was a French weekly (later monthly) magazine about cinema from 1921 to 1935.
History and profile
''Cinémagazine'' was established in 1921. It was published weekly from 1921 to 1930, and then monthly from 1930 to 1934. Its edito ...
'' in 1928.''Cinémagazine'', 1928, Issues 27-39, p. 77
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Cast
* Lilian Constantini - La princesse Nouriskine
*Daniel Mendaille
Daniel Mendaille (27 November 1885 – 17 May 1963) was a French stage and film actor whose career spanned nearly sixty years.
Early life
Born Daniel Henri Elie Mendaille in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Mendaille studied architecture at the Académie ...
- Maurice de Vergnes, un officier de marine
*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' ...
- Howell
* Olga Noël - Anna Guérec de Vergnes, la femme de Maurice
* Mathilde Alberti - Moussia Fedorovna, une espionne, l'ex fiancée de Maurice
* Harry Arbell - Le Bozec
* Claire Darcas - Madame Howell
*Boris de Fast
Boris may refer to:
People
* Boris (given name), a male given name
*:''See'': List of people with given name Boris
* Boris (surname)
* Boris I of Bulgaria (died 907), the first Christian ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire, canonized after his ...
John
* Henri Desmarets - Karl
* Jean Napoléon Michel - Frantz
*Pierre Séguier
Pierre Séguier (; 28 May 1588 – 28 January 1672) was a French statesman, chancellor of France from 1635.
Biography Early years
Séguier was born in Paris to a prominent legal family originating in Quercy. His grandfather, Pierre Séguier (150 ...
- Pierre
References
External links
imdb
1926 films
1920s French-language films
Films shot in Monaco
Films set in Brittany
1920s spy films
French spy films
French silent films
French black-and-white films
1920s French films
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