''Jack'' is a 1925 French silent

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

Robert Saidreau The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

and starring

Jean Yonnel Jean Yonnel (21 July 1891 – 17 August 1968) was a Romanian-born French actor. Yonnel was born in Bucharest, Romania as Jean-Estève Schachmann and began his film career in France in the 1910s. Some of his notable performance were in ''Obsession ...

André Dubosc André Dubosc (1866–1935) was a French stage and film actor.Goble p.176 Selected filmography * '' The Conspiracy'' (1913) * ''Happy Couple'' (1923) * ''Lady Harrington'' (1926) * ''The Crystal Submarine'' (1927) * '' Prince Jean'' (1928) * '' T ...

and

Thérèse Kolb Thérèse Kolb (1856–1935) was a French stage and film actress.Goble p.165 Selected filmography * '' In Old Alsace'' (1920) * '' Blanchette'' (1921) * '' The Crime of Bouif'' (1922) * ''Jack'' (1925) * ''Yasmina'' (1927) * '' The Ladies in the ...

. It is based on the 1876 novel of the same title by

Alphonse Daudet Alphonse Daudet (; 13 May 184016 December 1897) was a French novelist. He was the husband of Julia Daudet and father of Edmée, Léon and Lucien Daudet. Early life Daudet was born in Nîmes, France. His family, on both sides, belonged to the ''bo ...

.Goble p.106

Cast

as Le poète d'Argenteuil * Yanne Exiane as Ida de Bargency * Madeleine Carlier as Clarisse Le Roudic *

as Docteur Rivals * Max de Rieux as Jack *

as La mère Archaimbaud *

Jean Forest Jean Beatrice Forest, (born July 24, 1926) is a Canadian retired Senator. Born in Minitonas, Manitoba, she moved to Alberta with her husband Rocky in 1947. She was appointed to Alberta's first Human Rights Commission in 1974 and to the Minister ...

as Jack, enfant * Olga Noël as Zénaïde *

Jacques Berthier Jacques Berthier (27 June 1923 – 27 June 1994) was a French composer of liturgical music, best known for writing much of the music used at Taizé Community, Taizé. Biography Berthier was born in Auxerre, Burgundy (region), Burgundy; both of ...

as Le Roudic *

Roger Tréville Roger Tréville (17 November 1902, in Paris – 27 September 2005, in Beaumont-du-Périgord) was a French actor. He was born as Roger Troly; his parents, Georges Tréville (1875–1944) and Fanny Delisle (1881–1969), were also stage and film acto ...

as Le Nantais *

Thomy Bourdelle Thomy Charles Bourdelle (20 April 1891 – 27 June 1972) was a French actor. Bourdelle was born in Paris and died in Toulon, Var, France. Selected filmography *'' Roger la Honte'' (1922) * '' Surcouf'' (1925) * '' Jocaste'' (1925) * ''Jean ...

as Le fiancé de Zénaïde * Alexiane as La fille du docteur Rivals *

Octave Berthier In music, an octave ( la, octavus: eighth) or perfect octave (sometimes called the diapason) is the interval between one musical pitch and another with double its frequency. The octave relationship is a natural phenomenon that has been refer ...

as Le Roudic

References

Bibliography

* Berthomé, Jean-Pierre & Naizet, Gaël. ''Bretagne et cinéma: cent ans de création cinématographique en Bretagne''. Cinémathèque de Bretagne, 1995. * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1925 films French silent feature films 1925 drama films 1920s French-language films Films directed by Robert Saidreau Films based on French novels Silent French drama films 1920s French films Films based on works by Alphonse Daudet {{1920s-France-film-stub