''Sister of Mercy'' (French: ''La petite soeur des pauvres'') is a 1929 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
George Pallu
Georges Pallu (1869–1948) was a French screenwriter and film director active in the silent and early sound eras.Paietta p.63 Pallu directed more than forty short and feature films during his career. He is also sometimes credited as George P ...
and starring
Desdemona Mazza
Desdemona Mazza (born 3 October 1901, date of death unknown) was an Italian film actress of the silent era.Paietta p.119
Selected filmography
* '' Miarka'' (1920)
* '' The Call of the Blood'' (1921)
* ''The Mysteries of Paris'' (1922)
* ''The L ...
,
Georges Melchior
Georges Melchior (15 September 1889 – 2 September 1944) was a French actor of the silent era
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative an ...
, and
Lucette Martell.
[Renard p.18]
Cast
*
Desdemona Mazza
Desdemona Mazza (born 3 October 1901, date of death unknown) was an Italian film actress of the silent era.Paietta p.119
Selected filmography
* '' Miarka'' (1920)
* '' The Call of the Blood'' (1921)
* ''The Mysteries of Paris'' (1922)
* ''The L ...
*
Georges Melchior
Georges Melchior (15 September 1889 – 2 September 1944) was a French actor of the silent era
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative an ...
*Lucette Martell
*Monsieur de Saint-André
*
Cécile Didier
*
Frédéric Mariotti
Frédéric Mariotti (1 April 1883 – 22 February 1971) was a French stage and film actor whose career spanned more than four decades through the early silent film era into the early 1950s.
Biography
Frédéric Mariotti was born in Marseille and ...
as Le jardinier
*Rainaldi
*Edmée Colson
*Florial
References
Bibliography
* Philippe Renard. ''Un cinéaste français des années cinquante : Jean-Paul Le Chanois''. Dreamland, 2000.
External links
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1929 films
1929 drama films
Silent French drama films
1920s French-language films
Films directed by George Pallu
French black-and-white films
1920s French films
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