''King of the Camargue'' (French: ''Le roi de Camargue'') is a 1922 French silent

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directed by

André Hugon André Hugon (17 December 1886 – 22 August 1960) was a French film director, screenwriter and film producer best known for his silent films from 1913 onwards, particularly of the 1920s and into sound. Hugon was born in Algiers in 1886 wh ...

and starring

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and

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. It is based on a novel of the same title by Jean Aicard, later remade as the 1935 sound film ''

King of the Camargue ''King of the Camargue'' (French: ''Roi de Camargue'') is a 1935 French drama film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli and starring Antonin Berval, Simone Bourday and Paul Azaïs. It is based on a novel of the same title by Jean Aicard, previously ...

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Cast

as Lisette *

as La Zingara * Marie-Laure as L'aïeule *

as Renaud, le roi de Camargue * Jean Toulout as Rampal

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1922 films 1922 drama films French drama films French silent feature films 1920s French-language films Films directed by André Hugon French black-and-white films 1920s French films French films based on novels Pathé films {{1920s-France-film-stub