''The Man Without a Name'' (French: ''L'homme sans nom'') is a 1943 French

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directed by

Léon Mathot Léon Mathot (5 March 1886, Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais - 6 March 1968, in Paris) was a French film actor and film director best known perhaps for playing Edmond Dantes in ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' film serial in 1918. He appeared in the 19 ...

and starring

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 ...

André Alerme André Alerme (9 September 1877 – 31 January 1960) was a French actor. Alerme was born Marie André Alerme in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France and died at the age of 82 in Montrichard, Loir-et-Cher, France. Selected filmography * ''Black and Wh ...

and Sylvie.Bertin-Maghit p.172 The film's sets were designed by the

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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'' ( ...

. It premiered in

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, then under

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Synopsis

Following an operation gone wrong, a famous Paris

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abandons his job and goes to live in a small

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village. Called back to save the life of a young holidaymaker, he rediscovers his former talents.

Cast

as Vincent Berteaux dit Monsieur Vincent *

as Le docteur Pagès * Sylvie as Madame Ourdebey * Anne Laurens as La soeur de lait d'André *

Georges Rollin Georges Rollin (1912–1964) was a French film actor.Greco p.191 Selected filmography * ''Ultimatum'' (1938) * '' J'accuse!'' (1938) * ''Notre-Dame de la Mouise'' (1941) * ''The Last of the Six'' (1941) * '' Annette and the Blonde Woman'' (1942) * ...

as André Ourdebey * Gilberte Joney as Assomption * Tichadel as L'innocent * Marie Carlot as La maîtresse *

Danielle Godet Danielle Godet (1927–2009) was a French stage and film actress.Lloyd p.78 Partial filmography * '' The Man Without a Name'' (1943) - Une figurante * ''The Idiot'' (1946) * '' Man About Town'' (1947) - Une spectatrice * ''Ploum, ploum, tra-la-l ...

as Une figurante *

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as La mère d'Assomption

References

Bibliography

* Bertin-Maghit, Jean Pierre. ''Le cinéma français sous Vichy: les films français de 1940 à 1944''. Revue du Cinéma Albatros, 1980.

External links

* 1943 films 1940s French-language films 1943 drama films French drama films Films directed by Léon Mathot 1940s French films {{1940s-France-film-stub