''The Scarlet Bazaar'' (French: ''La kermesse rouge'') is a 1947 French

historical History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

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

Paul Mesnier Paul Mesnier (3 August 1904 in Saint-Étienne – 7 July 1988) was a French film director. He was married to the actress Andrée Servilanges. Filmography ;Director * 1937 : ''Le Chemin de lumière'' * 1938 : ''La Belle revanche'' * 1941 : ' ...

and starring

Albert Préjean Albert Préjean (27 October 1894 in Paris – 1 November 1979 in Paris) was a French actor, primarily in film. He served in World War I, and was decorated with the Croix de Guerre and the Legion d'honneur. With Lysiane Rey, he was the ...

Andrée Servilanges Andrée Servilanges (1911–2001) was a French stage and film actress. She was married to the film director Paul Mesnier. In 1934 she starred in Robert Bresson Robert Bresson (; 25 September 1901 – 18 December 1999) was a French film dire ...

and

Jean Tissier Jean Tissier (1896–1973) was a French stage, film and television actor.Goble p.440 A prolific actor, he had more than two hundred fifty appearances on screen during his career. He was married to the actress Georgette Tissier. Selected filmogra ...

.Burnett p.62 It was shot at the

Buttes-Chaumont Studios The Parc des Buttes Chaumont () is a public park situated in northeastern Paris, France, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, 19th arrondissement. Occupying , it is the fifth-largest park in Paris, after the Bois de Vincennes, Bois de Boulogne, ...

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. The film's sets were designed by the art director

Marcel Magniez Marcel Magniez (born 1888) was a French art director who designed the sets for around forty film productions from the late 1920s to the early 1950s. Soister p.281 Selected filmography * '' Parisian Pleasures'' (1927) * ''My Aunts and I'' (1937) ...

. The film portrays the fictional rivalry between two painters, a man and wife, that concludes with an incident based on a real-life 1897 fire in Paris.

Main cast

as Claude Sironi *

as Agnès Bonnardet-Sironi *

as René de Montbriant *

Germaine Kerjean Germaine Kerjean (1893–1975) was a French stage and film actress.Crisp p.306 She spent a decade with the Comédie-Française. In films she frequently played character role A character actor is a supporting actor who plays unusual, interesti ...

as Mme Bonnardet *

Lucas Gridoux Lucas Gridoux (16 April 1896 – 22 April 1952) was a Romanian-born French stage and film actor.Lanzoni p. 99 Biography He was born in 1896 in Herța, at the time in Dorohoi County, Kingdom of Romania. After emigrating to France, Gridoux began ...

as L'antiquaire *

Émile Drain Émile Drain (1890–1966) was a French actor and comedian. In 1925, he starred as Napoleon with Gloria Swanson in '' Madame Sans-Gene''. In 1927 he played ''Napoleon'' in the Donald Crisp directed ''The Fighting Eagle''. In 1948, he appeared, ...

as Le révérend dominicain *

Léon Arvel Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again fr ...

as M. Bonnardet *

Hélène Tossy Helene or Hélène may refer to: People *Helene (given name), a Greek feminine given name *Helen of Troy, the daughter of Zeus and Leda *Helene, a figure in Greek mythology who was a friend of Aphrodite and helped her seduce Adonis * Helene (Am ...

as Tante Élisabeth *

Marthe Mellot Marthe Mellot (16 February 1870 - 13 August 1947) was a French film actress. Marthe Mellot was born in Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, Nièvre, France, and died in Paris. Selected filmography * ''Feu Mathias Pascal'' (1925) * '' The Red Robe'' (1933) * ...

as Rose de St-Aubin *

Nina Myral Nina Myral, stage name of Eugénie, Hortense Gruel, (26 June 1884 – 30 March 1975) was a 20th-century French actress, dancer and singer. Filmography * 1916: ''Paris pendant la guerre'' by Henri Diamant-Berger * 1917: ''Ils y viennent tous a ...

as Éléonore de St-Aubin *

Marcelle Rexiane Marcelle may refer to: *Marcelle, a French feminine version of Marcel *1300 Marcelle (1934 CL), a main-belt asteroid *Groupe Marcelle, a Canadian cosmetics company See also * Marcel (disambiguation) * Marcell (disambiguation) Marcell may refer t ...

as La gouvernante *

Colette Régis Colette Régis (1893–1978) was a French film actress.Hayward p.280 Selected filmography * ''Rasputin'' (1938) - Une religieuse (uncredited) * '' Three Waltzes'' (1938) - Sarah Bernhardt * '' La Bête Humaine'' (1938) - Victoire Pecqueux * ''T ...

as La duchesse d'Alençon

References

Bibliography

* Burnett, Colin. ''The Invention of Robert Bresson: The Auteur and His Market''. Indiana University Press, 2016.

External links

* 1947 films 1940s French-language films Films directed by Paul Mesnier 1940s historical drama films French historical drama films Films set in Paris French black-and-white films 1947 drama films 1940s French films {{1940s-France-film-stub