''Sergeant X'' (French: ''Le sergent X'') is a 1932 French

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directed by

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and starring

Ivan Mozzhukhin Ivan Ilyich Mozzhukhin ( rus, Иван Ильич Мозжухин, p=ɪˈvan ɨˈlʲjitɕ mɐˈʑːʉxʲɪn; —18 January 1939), usually billed using the French transliteration Ivan Mosjoukine, was a Russian silent film actor. Career in Ru ...

, Suzy Vernon and

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 ...

.Crisp p.394 The film's sets were designed by the

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Alexandre Lochakoff Alexandre Lochakoff was a Russian-born art director.Phillips p.39 After fleeing following the Russian Revolution in 1917 he settled in France where he worked designing film sets. Selected filmography * ''Heart of an Actress'' (1924) * ''Michel S ...

and

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. Many of those involved with the film's production were Russian emigrants. It was remade under the same title in 1960.

Synopsis

An army officer returns home after being believed dead, only to find that his wife has remarried. In order to spare her feelings he enlists in the

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to serve in

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Cast

as Jean Renault * Suzy Vernon as Olga *

as Chardin * Suzanne Stanley as Djanni *

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as Christophe *

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as Grégoire *

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as Jeanne * Michel Monda as Georges *

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as Truzzi * Lars Birbach as Schwartz * Tukchtiaeff as Shika

References

Bibliography

* Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002.

External links

* 1932 films French drama films 1932 drama films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Vladimir Strizhevsky Films about the French Foreign Legion Films set in Africa 1930s French films {{1930s-France-film-stub