''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

*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

* 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 {{silent-drama-film-stub