''The Lost Woman'' (French: ''La femme perdue'') is a 1942 French

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

Jean Choux Jean Choux (1887–1946) was a French/Swiss film director and producer born in Geneva. Filmography * '' La Vocation d'André Carel'' (1925) * '' La Terre qui meurt'' (1926) * '' Le Baiser qui tue'' (1927) * '' Espionnage ou la guerre sans armes'' ...

and starring

Renée Saint-Cyr Renée Saint-Cyr (; 16 November 1904 – 11 July 2004) was a French actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1933 and 1994. She was the mother of Georges Lautner, who also achieved fame in the film business, albeit as a director. ...

Jean Murat Jean Murat (13 July 1888, in Périgueux – 5 January 1968, in Aix-en-Provence) was a French actor. He was married to the French actress Annabella. Selected filmography * ''Sex'' (1920) * ''La Galerie des monstres'' (1924), as Sveti * '' Carme ...

and

Jean Galland Jean Galland (1887–1967) was a French film actor. Selected filmography * ''Fantômas'' (1932) * ''The Oil Sharks'' (1933) * ''The Barber of Seville'' (1933) * '' The Scandal'' (1934) * '' Princesse Tam Tam'' (1935) * ''Whirlpool of Desire'' (19 ...

.Billard p.381 The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...

Roland Quignon Roland Quignon (1897–1984) was a French art director.Crisp p.151 He designed the sets for more than fifty films during his career. He also directed four films. Selected filmography * ''The Dying Land'' (1936) * ''The House Across the Street'' ( ...

Cast

as Marie Vidal *

as Jean Dubart *

as Pierre *

Roger Duchesne Roger Duchesne (27 July 1906, Luxeuil-les-Bains, Haute-Saône – 25 December 1996) was a French film actor. He appeared in 30 films between 1934 and 1957, but is best remembered for playing the lead in ''Bob le flambeur'' (1956). He was the f ...

as L'abbé *

Marguerite Pierry Marguerite Pierry (26 December 1887, Paris – 20 January 1963, Paris) was a French actress. Selected filmography * ''On purge bébé'' (1931) * '' The Two Boys'' (1936) * ''The Citadel of Silence'' (1937) * '' Southern Mail'' (1937) * ''Confl ...

as Tante Sophie *

Pierre Labry Pierre Labry (1885–1948) was a French stage and film actor.Capua p.122 He was active in the French film industry between 1920 and 1948, appearing in more than a hundred films. Selected filmography * ''La croisade'' (1920) * ''Gigolette'' (1921 ...

as Le cabaretier *

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 an ...

as Martin * Lise Florelly as La cuisinière * France Ellys as Madame Vidal *

Lina Roxa Lina (pronounced "Leena") is a feminine given name. Languages of origin include: English, Italian, Lithuanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Persian, Kurdish, Arabic. It is also the short form of a variety of names ending in -lina including Catalin ...

as La cabaretière *

Jean Rigaux Jean Rigaux (10 February 1909 – 10 December 1991) was a French songwriter and actor. Selected filmography * ''The Lost Woman'' (1942) * ''Madly in Love'' (1943) References External linksJean Rigauxon IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of ...

as Le père Grabouille *

Georges Guétary Georges Guétary (), born Lambros Vorloou ( el, Λάμπρος Βορλόου ; February 8, 1915 – September 13, 1997) was a French singer, dancer, cabaret performer and film actor, best known for his role in the 1951 musical ''An American ...

as Le chanteur à la fête * Violette France as Madeleine * Clary Monthal as La bonne * René Bourbon as Lautier * Monique Dubois as Jeannette *

Myno Burney Myno Burney (1907–1996) was a Swiss film actress.Goble p.478 Partial filmography * ''The Callbox Mystery'' (1932) - Paul Grayle * ''The New Hotel'' (1932) * ''Le petit écart'' (1932) * ''La dame de chez Maxim's'' (1933) * ''Le client du numér ...

as Adrienne *

Catherine Fonteney Catherine Fonteney (23 June 1879– 29 April 1966) was a French film actress.Goble p.386 Catherine Fonteney was born Marie Alexandrine Catherine Fontaine in Paris and died in Dijon. Selected filmography * '' Romain Kalbris'' (1923) * '' The Sec ...

as Madame Valin *

Albert Broquin Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Albert ...

as Le clochard * Marfa d'Hervilly as La dame curieuse *

Maxime Fabert Maxime Fabert, real name Robert Émile Jaillon, (7 November 1898 – 1 October 1878) was a French stage and film actor. Maxime Fabert managed the Theater of the Comédie-Wagram from 1946 to 1962. Filmography * 1932 : ''The Nude Woman'' by J ...

as Le contrôleur

References

Bibliography

* Billard, Pierre. ''L'âge classique du cinéma français: du cinéma parlant à la Nouvelle Vague''. Flammarion, 1995. * Burch, Noël & Sellier, Geneviève. ''The Battle of the Sexes in French Cinema, 1930–1956''. Duke University Press, 2013. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1942 films French drama films 1942 drama films 1940s French-language films Films directed by Jean Choux French black-and-white films 1940s French films {{1940s-France-film-stub