''The Red Head'' (French: ''Poil de carotte'') is a 1925 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
Julien Duvivier
Julien Duvivier (; 8 October 1896 – 29 October 1967) was a French film director and screenwriter. He was prominent in French cinema in the years 1930–1960. Amongst his most original films, chiefly notable are ''La Bandera (film), La Bandera'', ...
and starring
Henry Krauss
Henry Krauss (26 April 1866 – 15 December 1935) was a French actor of stage and screen. He is sometimes credited as Henri Krauss. He was the father of the art director Jacques Krauss.
Partial filmography
* ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame ...
,
Charlotte Barbier-Krauss
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and
André Heuzé.
[Crisp p.69] Duvivier remade it as a
sound film of the same name in 1932.
Cast
*
Henry Krauss
Henry Krauss (26 April 1866 – 15 December 1935) was a French actor of stage and screen. He is sometimes credited as Henri Krauss. He was the father of the art director Jacques Krauss.
Partial filmography
* ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame ...
as Monsieur Lepic
*
Charlotte Barbier-Krauss
Charlotte ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, making Charlotte the 16th-most populous ...
as Madame Lepic
* André Heuzé as François Lepic, dit Poil de carotte
*
Fabien Haziza as Felix
*
Renée Jean as Ernestine
*
Lydia Zaréna
Lydia ( Lydian: 𐤮𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣𐤠, ''Śfarda''; Aramaic: ''Lydia''; el, Λυδία, ''Lȳdíā''; tr, Lidya) was an Iron Age kingdom of western Asia Minor located generally east of ancient Ionia in the modern western Turkish provin ...
as Annette
*
Suzanne Talba as Maria
*
Yvette Langlais
Yvette is female given name, the French feminine form of Yves, which means yew or archer in some cases.
Name days
*Czech Republic: ''7 June''
*Hungary: ''13 January'', ''6 May'' and ''29 June''
*Poland: ''13 January''
*Slovakia: ''27 May''
...
as Mathilde
*
Nora Sylvère
References
Bibliography
* Crisp, Colin. ''French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 1, 1929–1939''. Indiana University Press, 2015.
External links
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1925 films
French silent feature films
1920s French-language films
Films directed by Julien Duvivier
Films based on French novels
French black-and-white films
1925 drama films
Silent French drama films
1920s French films
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