''Sidonie Panache'' is a 1934 French
historical
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comedy film
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directed by
Henry Wulschleger
Henry Wulschleger or Henri Wulschleger (1894–1943) was a French screenwriter and film director.Crisp p.84
Selected filmography
* ''Une nuit agitée'' (1920)
* '' Pervenche'' (1921) (co-direction : Alfred Machin)
* ''Moi aussi, j'accuse'' ( ...
and starring
Florelle,
Bach and
Alexandre Mihalesco.
Location shooting took place in
Algeria
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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 ...
Marcel Magniez
Marcel Magniez (born 1888) was a French art director who designed the sets for around forty film productions from the late 1920s to the early 1950s. Soister p.281
Selected filmography
* '' Parisian Pleasures'' (1927)
* '' My Aunts and I'' (1937 ...
. It was based on an
operetta
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of the same title. It was one of the more popular releases in France that year.
[Crisp p.301]
Synopsis
In 1842 during the
Conquest of Algeria, Sidonie Panache disguises herself as a
Zouave
The Zouaves were a class of light infantry regiments of the French Army serving between 1830 and 1962 and linked to French North Africa; as well as some units of other countries modelled upon them. The zouaves were among the most decorated unit ...
in order to accompany her lover who has been sent out to serve there.
Cast
*
Florelle as Sidonie Panache
*
Bach as Chabichou
*
Monique Bert as Rosalie
*
Paul Azaïs
Paul François Robert Azaïs (6 May 1902 – 17 November 1974) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1929 and 1966.
Selected filmography
* ''The Three Masks'' (1929) - Le fils Vescotelli
* ''Le défenseur'' (1 ...
as Bourrache
*
Alexandre Mihalesco as Salomon
*
Jean-Louis Allibert
Jean-Louis Allibert (1897–1979) was a French film and television actor.Gmür p.72 He is sometimes also known as Louis Allibert.
Selected filmography
* ''Monte Carlo'' (1925)
* ''The Painter and His Model'' (1925)
* ''Saint Joan the Maid'' (1929 ...
as Le duc d'Aumale
*
Antonin Artaud
Antoine Marie Joseph Paul Artaud, better known as Antonin Artaud (; 4 September 1896 – 4 March 1948), was a French writer, poet, dramatist, visual artist, essayist, actor and theatre director. He is widely recognized as a major figure of the E ...
as L'émir Abd-el-Kader
*
Paul Clerget as Le maréchal Thomas-Robert Bugeaud
*
René Dary
René Dary (19 July 1905 – 6 October 1974) was a French film actor.Witt & Temple p.150 Dary began his career as a child actor.
Selected filmography
* ''The Lie of Nina Petrovna'' (1937)
* ''S.O.S. Sahara'' (1938)
* '' The Fugitive'' (1947)
* '' ...
as des Ormeaux
*
Hugues de Bagratide as Le cheik Mouloud
*
Pierre Feuillère
Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...
as Tiburce
*
Madeleine Guitty as La femme d'Augustin
*
Tahar Hanache as Un cheik
*
Marcelle Lucas as Une grisette
*
Charles Montel as Augustin
*
Marthe Mussineas Une grisette
*
Germaine Sablon as Séraphine
References
Bibliography
*Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. ''Histoire du cinéma français: 1929-1934''. Pygmalion, 1988.
* Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002.
* 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
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1934 films
French comedy films
1934 comedy films
1930s historical films
French historical films
1930s French-language films
Films directed by Henry Wulschleger
French black-and-white films
1930s French films
Films set in the 1840s
Films set in Algeria
Films shot in Algeria
Pathé films
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