''The House of Mystery'' (French: ''La maison du mystère'') is a 1933 French crime film directed by

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and starring

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and

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.Crisp p.399 It is a remake of the 1923 silent film '' The House of Mystery''.

Cast

as Henri Corradin *

as Régine Villandrit *

as Julien Villandrit * Alice Beylat as La générale * Antoine Balpêtré as Rudeberg * Monique Povel as La petite Christiane * Georges Mauloy as Marjory *

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as Le général de Bettigny *

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as Le commissaire *

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as Pascal * Marcelle Gilda as La femme de chambre * Crista Dorra * Luzia * Blanche Mauloy

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1933 films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Gaston Roudès Remakes of French films Sound film remakes of silent films French black-and-white films French crime films 1933 crime films 1930s French films {{1930s-France-film-stub