''The Lady of Lebanon'' (French: ''La châtelaine du Liban'') is a 1926 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
Marco de Gastyne
Marc Henri Benoist better known as Marco de Gastyne (born in Paris, France, on 15 July 1889; died in Paris on 8 November 1982) was a French painter, illustrator and later film director of more than fifteen films.
After studying painting, he wor ...
and starring
Arlette Marchal
Arlette Marchal (29 January 1902 – 11 February 1984) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1922 and 1951. She was born and died in Paris.
Partial filmography
* ''Mon p'tit'' (1922)
* '' The Gardens of Murc ...
,
Iván Petrovich and
Gaston Modot
Gaston Modot (31 December 1887 – 20 February 1970) was a French actor. For more than 50 years he performed for the cinema working with a number of great French directors.
Biography
Modot lived in Montmartre at the beginning of the 20th cen ...
.
[Oscherwitz & Higgins p.316] It was based on the novel of the same name by
Pierre Benoît.
Cast
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Arlette Marchal
Arlette Marchal (29 January 1902 – 11 February 1984) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1922 and 1951. She was born and died in Paris.
Partial filmography
* ''Mon p'tit'' (1922)
* '' The Gardens of Murc ...
as Countess Orloff
*
Iván Petrovich as Captain Lucien Domèvre
*
Gaston Modot
Gaston Modot (31 December 1887 – 20 February 1970) was a French actor. For more than 50 years he performed for the cinema working with a number of great French directors.
Biography
Modot lived in Montmartre at the beginning of the 20th cen ...
as Ahmed Said
*
Marcel Soarez as Captain Walter
*
Choura Milena as Michelle Hannequin
*
Nathalie Greuze
Nathalie is a female given name. It is a variant of the name Natalie/ Natalia which is found in many languages, and is especially common in French and English speaking countries.
Notable people with the name include:
* Nathalie, Italian singer
* ...
*
Henri Étiévant
Henri Étiévant (13 March 1870 – 9 August 1953) was a French actor and film director.
Born Henri Gaston Étiévan-Estival in Paris, he died in 1953 in the 11th arrondissement of Paris.
Selected filmography
* '' The Lady of Lebanon'' (1926 ...
as Colonel Hannequin
*
Georges Paulais
*
Maurice Salvany
* Mitchell
*
Camille Bert as Colonel Prieur
*
Max Dejean
Max or MAX may refer to:
Animals
* Max (dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog
* Max (English Springer Spaniel), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of OBE)
* Max (gorilla) ...
See also
* ''
The Lady of Lebanon'', a 1934 film based on the same novel
* ''
The Lebanese Mission
''The Lebanese Mission'' (also known as ''Châtelaine du Liban, La'') is a 1956 French thriller film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Jean-Claude Pascal, Gianna Maria Canale, Jean Servais and Luciana Paluzzi. Omar Sharif also appeared i ...
'', a 1956 film based on the same novel
References
Bibliography
* Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
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1926 films
French silent films
1920s French-language films
Films based on works by Pierre Benoit
Films directed by Marco de Gastyne
Pathé films
French black-and-white films
French drama films
1926 drama films
Films based on French novels
Silent drama films
1920s French films
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