''The Abbot Constantine'' (French: ''L'abbé Constantin'') is a 1925 French silent

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directed by

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and starring

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Pierre Stéphen Pierre Stéphen (1890–1980) was a French film actor.Goble p.346 Selected filmography * ''Irène'' (1920) * ''La dette'' (1920) * ''Gigolette'' (1921) * ''La brèche d'enfer'' (1923) - Le Vicomte de La Cardière * ''Le double piège'' (1923) * ...

and

Claude France Claude France (March 9, 1893 – January 3, 1928) born in Emden, Germany; was a German-born French actress. She was born Jane Joséphine Anna Françoise Wittig. She was discovered by Leon Gaumont who was impressed with her beauty. She had worked ...

. It is based on the novel '' The Abbot Constantine'' by

Ludovic Halévy Ludovic Halévy (1 January 1834 – 7 May 1908) was a French author and playwright, best known for his collaborations with Henri Meilhac on Georges Bizet's ''Carmen'' and on the works of Jacques Offenbach. Biography Ludovic Halévy was born in P ...

. The novel was remade as a sound film in 1933.Goble p.661 A French

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Priest is horrified when he learns that two

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American women have moved in nearby. However he is soon on good terms with them, and his nephew eventually falls in love with one of them.

Cast

as L'abbé Constantin *

as Paul de Lavardens *

as Mrs. Scott *

Georges Lannes Georges Lannes (27 October 1895 – 8 July 1983) was a French film actor who appeared in more than a hundred films during his career including '' André Cornélis'' (1927).Goble p.50 Selected filmography * '' The Mysteries of Paris'' (1922) * '' ...

as Jean Reynaud *

Geneviève Cargese Genevieve (french: link=no, Sainte Geneviève; la, Sancta Genovefa, Genoveva; 419/422 AD – 502/512 AD) is the patroness saint of Paris in the Catholic and Orthodox traditions. Her feast is on 3 January. Genevieve was born in Nanterre an ...

as Bettina Percival * as Comtesse de Lavardens *

Georges Deneubourg Georges Deneubourg (1860–1936) was a French stage actor, stage and film actor.Goble p.163 Selected filmography * ''La Tosca'' (1908) * ''Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth'' (1912) * ''Mothers of France'' (1917) * ''The Fall of the Romanoffs'' ( ...

as Comte de Larnac *

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as Pauline * Roberto Pia as Bernard, le jardinier *

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References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1925 films French silent feature films 1920s French-language films Films directed by Julien Duvivier French black-and-white films French comedy films 1925 comedy films Silent comedy films 1920s French films {{1920s-France-film-stub