''The Unknown Singer'' (French: ''Le chanteur inconnu'') is a 1931 French
drama film
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directed by
Viktor Tourjansky
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and starring
Lucien Muratore
Lucien Muratore (29 August 1876 – 16 July 1954, in Paris) was a French actor and operatic tenor, particularly associated with the French repertory.
Life and career
Lucien Muratore was born Marseille to Italian parents from Piedmont. He trai ...
,
Simone Cerdan
Simone Cerdan (1897–1967) was a French singer and film actress.Fujiwara p.317
Selected filmography
* ''Marquitta'' (1927)
* '' Departure'' (1931)
* '' The Unknown Singer'' (1931)
* ''Beauty Spot
''Beauty Spot'' (French: ''Grains de beauté' ...
and
Jim Gérald
Jim Gérald (4 July 1889 – 2 July 1958) was a French actor.
Gérald was born Gérald Ernest Cuénod in Paris. He died in Paris in 1958.
Selected filmography
* ''La légende de soeur Béatrix'' (1923) - Un soudard
* ''The Imaginary Voyage' ...
.
[Lloyd p.183]
The film's sets were designed by the
art director Serge Piménoff
Serge Piménoff (1895–1960) was a Russian-born French art director. He designed the sets for the 1958 film ''Les Misérables''.Hayward p.232
Selected filmography
* '' Nights of Princes'' (1930)
* '' The Unknown Singer'' (1931)
* '' Sailor's Son ...
.
Cast
*
Lucien Muratore
Lucien Muratore (29 August 1876 – 16 July 1954, in Paris) was a French actor and operatic tenor, particularly associated with the French repertory.
Life and career
Lucien Muratore was born Marseille to Italian parents from Piedmont. He trai ...
as Claude Ferval
*
Simone Cerdan
Simone Cerdan (1897–1967) was a French singer and film actress.Fujiwara p.317
Selected filmography
* ''Marquitta'' (1927)
* '' Departure'' (1931)
* '' The Unknown Singer'' (1931)
* ''Beauty Spot
''Beauty Spot'' (French: ''Grains de beauté' ...
as Hélène Corbigny
*
Jim Gérald
Jim Gérald (4 July 1889 – 2 July 1958) was a French actor.
Gérald was born Gérald Ernest Cuénod in Paris. He died in Paris in 1958.
Selected filmography
* ''La légende de soeur Béatrix'' (1923) - Un soudard
* ''The Imaginary Voyage' ...
as Ernest
* Ghislaine Bru as Beggar woman
*
Pedro Elviro
Pedro Elviro Rodríguez (died 24 August 1971), also known as Pitouto, was a Spanish actor. Between 1924 and 1972, he shot more than 170 films, a good part of them in France and Mexico.
Selected filmography
* ''The Darling of Paris'' (1931) as Aut ...
* Denise Guilloux as Monique
*
Jean-Max
Jean-Max (1895–1970) was a French film actor.Goble p.106
Selected filmography
* ''The Prosecutor Hallers'' (1930)
* ''Le cap perdu'' (1931)
* '' The Unknown Singer'' (1931)
* ''The Darling of Paris'' (1931)
* '' Suzanne'' (1932)
* '' Once Upon ...
as Jacques
* Alexandre Mathillon as Baliveau
* Ernest Mezigues
*
Serge Piménoff
Serge Piménoff (1895–1960) was a Russian-born French art director. He designed the sets for the 1958 film ''Les Misérables''.Hayward p.232
Selected filmography
* '' Nights of Princes'' (1930)
* '' The Unknown Singer'' (1931)
* '' Sailor's Son ...
as Fireman
* Henry Prestat as Riga
*
Simone Simon
Simone Thérèse Fernande Simon (23 April 1910 or 1911 – 22 February 2005) was a French film actress who began her film career in 1931.
Early life
Born in Marseille, France, she was the daughter of Henri Louis Firmin Clair Simon, a French J ...
as Pierette
References
Bibliography
* Christopher Lloyd. ''Henri-Georges Clouzot''. Manchester University Press, 2007.
External links
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1931 films
French drama films
1931 drama films
1930s French-language films
Films directed by Victor Tourjansky
French black-and-white films
Pathé films
Films with screenplays by Henri-Georges Clouzot
1930s French films
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