''Men Without Fear'' (French: ''Les hommes sans peur'') is a 1942 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 ...
directed by
Yvan Noé and starring
Madeleine Sologne
Madeleine Sologne (12 October 1912 – 31 March 1995) was a French film actress.
Sologne was born Madeleine Simone Vouillon in La Ferté-Imbault, Loir-et-Cher. She was married to the art director Jean Douarinou.
Selected filmography
* ''Adri ...
,
Claude Dauphin and
Janine Darcey
Janine Darcey (14 January 1917 – 1 October 1993) was a French film actress. She appeared in 60 films between 1936 and 1993.
Partial filmography
* ''La tendre ennemie'' (1936) - La cousine (uncredited)
* '' Forty Little Mothers'' (1936)
* ...
.
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It was partly shot at the
Victorine Studios
Victorine Studios (French: Studios de la Victorine) are a film studio in the French city of Nice. They are also known as the Nice Studios. Several small studios have also existed in the city.
Originally built in 1921 in an attempt to create a H ...
in
Nice
Nice ( , ; Niçard dialect, Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department in France. The Nice urban unit, agg ...
in the
Unoccupied Zone of France. The film's sets were designed by
Jean Douarinou.
Cast
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Madeleine Sologne
Madeleine Sologne (12 October 1912 – 31 March 1995) was a French film actress.
Sologne was born Madeleine Simone Vouillon in La Ferté-Imbault, Loir-et-Cher. She was married to the art director Jean Douarinou.
Selected filmography
* ''Adri ...
as Madeleine
*
Claude Dauphin as Henri Vermont
*
Janine Darcey
Janine Darcey (14 January 1917 – 1 October 1993) was a French film actress. She appeared in 60 films between 1936 and 1993.
Partial filmography
* ''La tendre ennemie'' (1936) - La cousine (uncredited)
* '' Forty Little Mothers'' (1936)
* ...
as Denise
*
Jean Murat as Le professeur Bellecour
*
Pierrette Caillol as Le précurseur
*
Gérard Landry
Landry Fernand Charles Marrier de Lagatinerie (16 October 1912 – 18 September 1999), known professionally as Gérard Landry, was an Argentinian actor. He began acting in 1932 with his first movie ''Mirages de Paris'', acted for over fifty ...
as Jacques Monval
*
Marthe Régnier as La malade
*
Georges Alain as Pierre
*
Jean d'Yd as Un médecin
*
Lucien Dalmas as Le chanteur
*
Jean Daurand
Jean Daurand (1913–1989) was a French actor. He starred in ''La Nuit Merveilleuse'' and ''Derrière la Facade''.
Selected filmography
* ''Rothchild'' (1933)
* ''Le secret d'une nuit'' (1934)
* ''Pension Mimosas'' (1935) - Un groom (uncredit ...
as Joseph
*
Roger Hédouin
*
Georges Lannes as Gérard
*
Emmi Laurence
*
Jean-François Martial
Jean-François Martial (12 September 1891 – 18 October 1977) was a Belgian actor who appeared in mostly French films beginning in the silent film era of the early 1910s until his retirement in the early 1960s.
Born Martial Joseph Ghislain Fos ...
*
Marcel Millet Marcel Millet (30 May 1886, Cannes – 20 January 1970, Juvisy-sur-Orge) was a French novelist, poet and actor, who was also a libertarian activist.
In May 1922 he attended the International Congress of Progressive Artists and signed the "Founding ...
*
René Noel
*
Arlette Perretière
*
Jean Stoll as Un danseur
*
Maurice Tricard as Le père de Madeleine
*
Michèle Verneuil
*
Pierrette Vial
References
Bibliography
* Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
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1942 films
French drama films
1942 drama films
1940s French-language films
Films directed by Yvan Noé
French black-and-white films
Films shot at Victorine Studios
1940s French films
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