''The Lighthouse Keepers'' (French: ''Gardiens de phare'') 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 ...

directed by

Jean Grémillon Jean Grémillon (; 3 October 1901 – 25 November 1959)Note that, despite attempts at correction, thIMDb entry on the directorlists his date of birth erroneously as 4 March 1898. The correct date is given in his standard biography, by Geneviève S ...

and starring Paul Fromet,

Geymond Vital Geymond Vital (24 January 1897 – 6 December 1987) was a French film, stage and television actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the ...

and

Genica Athanasiou Genica Athanasiou (3 January 1897 – 13 July 1966) was a Romanian-French stage and film actress.Soister p.175 Selected filmography * '' Count Kostia'' (1925) * '' Misdeal'' (1928) * ''The Seashell and the Clergyman'' (1928) * '' The Lighth ...

. It is set on the coast of

Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period ...

where two keepers, a father and son, work a lighthouse together.

Cast

* as Père Brehan *

as Yvon Bréhan *

as Marie *

Gabrielle Fontan Gabrielle Fontan (16 April 1873 – 8 September 1959) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than 120 films between 1927 and 1959. Selected filmography * '' Misdeal'' (1928) * '' The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard'' (1929) * '' The La ...

as Mère de Marie *

References

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* French drama films French silent feature films 1929 drama films Films directed by Jean Grémillon Films set in France French black-and-white films Works set in lighthouses Silent drama films 1920s French films {{1920s-France-film-stub