''Marquitta'' is a 1927 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

Jean Renoir Jean Renoir (; 15 September 1894 – 12 February 1979) was a French film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and author. As a film director and actor, he made more than forty films from the silent film, silent era to the end of the 1960s. ...

and starring

Jean Angelo Jean Angelo (born Jean-Jacques Barthélémy, 17 May 1888 - 26 November 1933) was a French film actor of silent movies and early talkies. He was often a leading man playing romantic or athletic roles. Angelo was born and died in Paris. Filmogra ...

, Marie-Louise Iribe and

Henri Debain Henri Debain (3 August 1886 - 15 January 1983) was a French film actor. He first appeared in '' Le Petit café'' in 1919, and appeared in more than 25 films between 1919 and 1956. He directed three films including ''Mephisto'' in 1931. Filmogr ...

.O'Shaughnessy p.234 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 ...

Robert-Jules Garnier Robert-Jules Garnier (1883–1958) was a French art director.Bergfelder, Harris & Street p.72 Selected filmography * '' Judex'' (1916) * ''Marquitta'' (1927) * '' The Crew'' (1928) * ''Little Devil May Care'' (1928) * '' Billeting Order'' (1932) ...

. It was shot at the Gaumont studios in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

and on location in

Nice Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative c ...

Cast

as Prince Vlasco * Marie-Louise Iribe as Marquitta *

as Dimitrieff * Félix d'Aps as Granval *

Simone Cerdan Simone Cerdan (1897–1967) was a French singer and film actress.Fujiwara p.317 Selected filmography * ''Marquitta'' (1927) * '' Departure'' (1931) * '' The Unknown Singer'' (1931) * ''Beauty Spot ''Beauty Spot'' (French: ''Grains de beauté' ...

as Jeune femme * Andrée Vernon * Lucien Mancini as Père adoptif * Pierre Lestringuez as Directeur du casino * Pierre Champagne as Chauffeur de taxi

References

Bibliography

* Martin O'Shaughnessy. ''Jean Renoir''. Manchester University Press, 2000.

External links

* 1927 films Films directed by Jean Renoir French silent feature films French black-and-white films 1927 drama films Films shot in Nice Films set in Nice Silent French drama films 1920s French films {{1920s-France-film-stub