''The Promised Land'' (french: La terre promise) is a 1925 French
silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...
directed by
Henry Roussel
Henry Roussel (1875–1946), also known as Henry Roussell, was a French silent film actor, film director and screenwriter best known for his silent films of the 1910s and 1920s.
He starred in well over 40 films between 1912 and 1939.
Selected f ...
and starring
Pierre Blanchar
Pierre Blanchar (30 June 1892 – 21 November 1963) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1922 and 1961. Blanchar was married to actress Marthe Vinot, with whom he had a daughter, actress Dominique Blanchar. He playe ...
,
Raquel Meller
Francisca Romana Marqués López (9 March 1888 – 26 July 1962), better known as Raquel Meller, was a Spanish diseuse, cuplé, and tonadilla singer and actress.
She was an international star in the 1920s and 1930s, appearing in several films a ...
and
André Roanne
André Roanne (born André Albert Louis Rahou; 22 September 1896, in Paris – 4 September 1959, in Cannes) was a French actor. He began his career playing in short films, and acted in 91 films in total, most notably those of Fernandel. Most of h ...
.
[Oscherwitz & Higgins p.280]
The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Robert Dumesnil.
Cast
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Pierre Blanchar
Pierre Blanchar (30 June 1892 – 21 November 1963) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1922 and 1961. Blanchar was married to actress Marthe Vinot, with whom he had a daughter, actress Dominique Blanchar. He playe ...
as David
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Raquel Meller
Francisca Romana Marqués López (9 March 1888 – 26 July 1962), better known as Raquel Meller, was a Spanish diseuse, cuplé, and tonadilla singer and actress.
She was an international star in the 1920s and 1930s, appearing in several films a ...
as Lia
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André Roanne
André Roanne (born André Albert Louis Rahou; 22 September 1896, in Paris – 4 September 1959, in Cannes) was a French actor. He began his career playing in short films, and acted in 91 films in total, most notably those of Fernandel. Most of h ...
as André d'Orlinsky, le jeune ingénieur
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Max Maxudian
Max Algop Maxudian (12 June 1881 – 20 July 1976) was a French stage and film actor.
Born in the Ottoman Empire to an Armenian family, Max Maxudian emigrated to France with his parents in 1893 at the age of twelve. Maxudian became a famous theat ...
as Moise Sigoulim
* Henriette Moret as La rabbitzine Binnah
* Jean De Sauvejunte as Le rabbin Samuel
* Marie-Louise Vois as Madame Sigoulim
* Albert Bras as Le rabbin Samuel Sigoulim
* Robby Guichard as André
* Pierrette Lugand as Lia
* Jean Rauzena as David
* Uribe (actress) as Esther
References
Bibliography
* Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
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1925 films
Films directed by Henry Roussel
French silent films
French black-and-white films
1920s French films
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