''The Duchess of Langeais'' (French: ''La Duchesse de Langeais'') is a 1942 French
historical
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drama film
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directed by
Jacques de Baroncelli and starring
Edwige Feuillère
Edwige Feuillère (born Edwige Louise Caroline Cunatti; October 29, 1907 – November 13, 1998) was a French stage and film actress.
Biography
She was born Edwige Louise Caroline Cunatti to an Italian architect father and an Alsace-born mo ...
,
Pierre Richard-Willm
Pierre Richard-Willm (3 November 1895 – 12 April 1983) was a French stage and film actor during the 1930s and 1940s."Pierre Richard-Willm" aCiné-Ressources Retrieved 1 November 2020.
Biography
Pierre Richard-Willm (originally Alexandre-Pi ...
and
Aimé Clariond
Aimé Clariond (10 May 1894 – 31 December 1959) was a French stage and film actor.
Clariond was born in Périgueux, Dordogne, France and died in Paris.
Selected filmography
* ''The Brothers Karamazov'' (1931) - Ivan Karamazoff
* '' Amourous ...
. It is also known as ''Wicked Duchess''.
[Rège p.59]
It is based on the 1834
novel of the same name by
Honoré de Balzac. It was shot at the
Buttes-Chaumont Studios
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in
Paris
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. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Serge Piménoff
Serge Piménoff (1895–1960) was a Russian-born French art director. He designed the sets for the 1958 film ''Les Misérables''.Hayward p.232
Selected filmography
* '' Nights of Princes'' (1930)
* '' The Unknown Singer'' (1931)
* '' Sailor's Song ...
.
Cast
*
Edwige Feuillère
Edwige Feuillère (born Edwige Louise Caroline Cunatti; October 29, 1907 – November 13, 1998) was a French stage and film actress.
Biography
She was born Edwige Louise Caroline Cunatti to an Italian architect father and an Alsace-born mo ...
as Antoinette de Langeais
*
Pierre Richard-Willm
Pierre Richard-Willm (3 November 1895 – 12 April 1983) was a French stage and film actor during the 1930s and 1940s."Pierre Richard-Willm" aCiné-Ressources Retrieved 1 November 2020.
Biography
Pierre Richard-Willm (originally Alexandre-Pi ...
as Armand de Montriveau
*
Aimé Clariond
Aimé Clariond (10 May 1894 – 31 December 1959) was a French stage and film actor.
Clariond was born in Périgueux, Dordogne, France and died in Paris.
Selected filmography
* ''The Brothers Karamazov'' (1931) - Ivan Karamazoff
* '' Amourous ...
as Ronquerolles
*
Lise Delamare
Lise Delamare (born Jolyse Effrey Jeanne Delamare; 9 April 1913 – 25 July 2006) was a French stage and film actress.
Partial filmography
* ''George and Georgette'' (1934)
* ''Les précieuses ridicules'' (1934)
* ''Pension Mimosas'' (1935) - ...
as Madame de Serizy
*
Charles Granval
Charles Granval (born Charles Louis Gribouval; December 21, 1882 – July 28, 1943) was a French stage and film actor.Macdonald p.244 He was Jean-Pierre Granval's father.
Selected filmography
* ''Golgotha'' (1935)
* ''La belle équipe'' (1936)
* ...
as Le vidame de Pamiers
*
Irène Bonheur
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Irene, and related names, may refer to:
* Irene (given name)
Places
* Irene, Gauteng, South Africa
* Irene, South Dakota, United States
* Irene, Texas, United Stat ...
as Caroline
*
Marthe Mellot as La mère supérieure
*
Simone Renant
Simone Renant (19 March 1911 – 29 March 2004) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1934 and 1983. She was born in Amiens, France and died in Garches, France.
Partial filmography
* ''La folle nuit'' (1932 ...
as La vicomtesse de Fontaines
*
Hélène Constant
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*Helene (given name), a Greek feminine given name
*Helen of Troy, the daughter of Zeus and Leda
*Helene, a figure in Greek mythology who was a friend of Aphrodite and helped her seduce Adonis
*Helene (Ama ...
as Paméla
*
Madeleine Pagès
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Common meanings
* Madeleine (name), also Madeline, a feminine given name
*Madeleine (cake), a traditional sweet cake from France
* Mary Magdalene, also called the Madeleine
Arts and entertainment
* ''Madelein'' (1919 ...
as Suzette
*
Dorothée Luss as Madame de Lestorade
*
Jacques Varennes
Jacques Varennes (6 September 1894 – 8 November 1958) was a French film actor who appeared in around seventy films during his career. He appeared in Maurice Tourneur's 1938 historical film '' The Patriot''.Waldman p.156
Selected filmography
* ...
as Le duc de Langeais
*
Catherine Fonteney
Catherine Fonteney (23 June 1879– 29 April 1966) was a French film actress.Goble p.386
Catherine Fonteney was born Marie Alexandrine Catherine Fontaine in Paris and died in Dijon.
Selected filmography
* '' Romain Kalbris'' (1923)
* '' The Sec ...
as La princesse de Blamont-Chauvry
*
Georges Mauloy Georges may refer to:
Places
*Georges River, New South Wales, Australia
*Georges Quay (Dublin)
*Georges Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Other uses
*Georges (name)
* ''Georges'' (novel), a novel by Alexandre Dumas
* "Georges" (song), a 1977 ...
as Le duc de Grandieu
*
Philippe Richard
Philippe Richard (24 June 1891 – 24 December 1973) was a French film and theater actor.
Richard was born in Saint-Étienne and began his film career in the early 1920s in silent film. In 1948 he starred in the film '' The Lame Devil'' under S ...
as Le portier
*
Gaston Mauger
Gaston Mauger (13 March 1878 – 18 October 1954) was a French stage and film actor. He made around forty film appearances, including the 1932 thriller '' Narcotics''.Youngkin p.465
Selected filmography
* ''The Queen's Necklace'' (1929)
* '' Acc ...
as
Louis XVIII
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*
Maurice Dorléac
Georges Maurice Edmond Dorléac (26 March 1901 – 5 December 1979) was a French actor of the stage and screen. He was the father of actresses Catherine Deneuve, Françoise Dorléac and Sylvie Dorléac.
He was the husband of actress Renée Sim ...
as Le baron de Maulincour
*
Henri Richard as Le duc de Navareins
*
Georges Grey
Georges Grey, born Georges-Jean-Joseph Gacon (1911–1954) was a French actor. In 1948 he starred in the film '' The Lame Devil'' under Sacha Guitry.
Biography
He studied engineering at university, before going to the Cavalry School of Saumur. ...
as Marsay
References
Bibliography
* Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
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1942 films
1940s French-language films
Films directed by Jacques de Baroncelli
French historical drama films
1940s historical drama films
Films based on works by Honoré de Balzac
Films based on French novels
Films set in the 1820s
French black-and-white films
1942 drama films
1940s French films
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