''In Old Alsace'' (French title:''L'ami Fritz'') is a 1933 French

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Jacques de Baroncelli Jacques de Baroncelli (25 June 1881 – 12 January 1951) was a French film director best known for his silent films from 1915 to the late 1930s. He came from a Florence, Florentine family who had settled in Provence in the 15th century, occupying ...

and starring

Lucien Duboscq Lucien Duboscq (1893-1935) was a French stage actor. He also starred in two films, including the 1933 drama '' In Old Alsace''.Crisp p.151 He was a member of the Comédie-Française The Comédie-Française () or Théâtre-Français () is one of ...

Simone Bourday Simone Bourday (1912–1943) was a French stage and film actress.Crisp p.151 Selected filmography * ''La Vie miraculeuse de Thérèse Martin'' (1929) * '' The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard'' (1929) * ''The Sweetness of Loving'' (1930) * '' The Voice ...

and

Madeleine Guitty Madeleine Guitty (5 June 1870 – 12 April 1936) was a French stage and film actress.Crisp p.93 Selected filmography * ''The Mysteries of Paris'' (1922) * '' Madame Sans-Gêne'' (1925) * ''Montmartre'' (1925) * '' 600,000 Francs a Month'' (1926) ...

.Goble p.679 The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...

Jean d'Eaubonne Jean d'Eaubonne (March 8, 1903 – July 30, 1971) was a French art director. He received an Oscar nomination in 1951 for his work on Max Ophüls's ''La Ronde''. Selected filmography * '' The Polish Jew'' (1931) * '' Love and Luck'' (1932) * '' M ...

. It is based on an 1864 novel by

Alexandre Chatrian Alexandre Chatrian (18 December 1826 – 3 September 1890) was a French writer, associated with the region of Alsace-Lorraine. Almost all of his works were written jointly with Émile Erckmann under the name Erckmann-Chatrian. Life Youth He was ...

and Emile Erckmann.

Synopsis

In a small

Alsace Alsace (, ; ; Low Alemannic German/ gsw-FR, Elsàss ; german: Elsass ; la, Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland. In 2020, it had ...

town Fritz Kobus is a bachelor who refuses to contemplate marriage and makes a bet that he won't. However he falls in love with Suzel, daughter of a local

farmer A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials. The term usually applies to people who do some combination of raising field crops, orchards, vineyards, poultry, or other livestock. A farmer mig ...

Cast

as Fritz Kobus *

as Suzel *

as Catherine *

Jacques de Féraudy Jacques de Féraudy (1886–1971) was a French stage and film actor.Klossner p.354 He also worked as a screenwriter and directed three films during the silent era. He was the son of the actor Maurice de Féraudy. Selected filmography * '' Ti ...

as Frédéric *

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 David Sichel, le rabbin *

Jean Coquelin Jean Coquelin (1865–1944) was a French film and stage actor and the son of Benoît-Constant Coquelin Benoît-Constant Coquelin (; 23 January 184127 January 1909), known as Coquelin aîné ("Coquelin the Elder"), was a French actor, "one of the ...

as Un célibataire * Carjol as Le percepteur * Lisa Aubertin

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1933 films 1933 drama films French drama films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Jacques de Baroncelli Films based on French novels French black-and-white films 1930s French films French historical films 1930s historical films Films set in the 19th century Films set in Alsace Films scored by Alexis Roland-Manuel {{1930s-France-film-stub