''The Volga Boatman'' (French: ''Les bateliers de la Volga'') is a 1936 French
drama film
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directed by
Vladimir Strizhevsky
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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 ...
,
Véra Korène and
Charles Vanel
Charles-Marie Vanel (21 August 1892 – 15 April 1989) was a French actor and director. During his 76-year film career, which began in 1912, he appeared in more than 200 films and worked with many prominent directors, including Alfred Hitchcock, ...
.
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 ...
s
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 ...
and
Pierre Schild
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.
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 Le lieutenant Vadime Borzine
*
Véra Korène as Lydia Goreff
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Charles Vanel
Charles-Marie Vanel (21 August 1892 – 15 April 1989) was a French actor and director. During his 76-year film career, which began in 1912, he appeared in more than 200 films and worked with many prominent directors, including Alfred Hitchcock, ...
as Le colonel Goreff
*
Valéry Inkijinoff
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as Kiro
*
Raymond Aimos
Raymond Aimos (4 February 1889 – 22 August 1944) was a French film actor.Capua p.127
Selected filmography
* '' Accused, Stand Up!'' (1930)
* ''Under the Roofs of Paris'' (1930)
* ''Wooden Crosses'' (1932)
* ''Aces of the Turf'' (1932)
* ''The ...
as Broïnka
*
Léon Courtois
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*
Albert Duvaleix
Albert Duvaleix (1893-1962) was a French stage and film actor. Bessy & Chirat p.138 A character actor he appeared in a number of supporting roles in French comedies and drama films. His son Christian Duvaleix also became an actor.
Selected filmo ...
as Un batelier
*
Pierre Labry
Pierre Labry (1885–1948) was a French stage and film actor.Capua p.122 He was active in the French film industry between 1920 and 1948, appearing in more than a hundred films.
Selected filmography
* ''La croisade'' (1920)
* ''Gigolette'' (1921 ...
as Kouproff
*
Georges Marceau Georges may refer to:
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* Georges Quay (Dublin)
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Other uses
*Georges (name)
* ''Georges'' (novel), a novel by Alexandre Dumas
* "Georges" (song), a 19 ...
*
Jean Marconi
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as Le jeune officier
*
Georges Prieur Georges may refer to:
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*Georges River, New South Wales, Australia
*Georges Quay (Dublin)
*Georges Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
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* Georges (name)
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* "Georges" (song), a 197 ...
as Le juge
*
Edouard Rousseau
*
Maurice Tillet
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as Un batelier
Release
References
Bibliography
* Parish, Robert. ''Film Actors Guide''. Scarecrow Press, 1977.
External links
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1936 films
French drama films
1936 drama films
1930s French-language films
Films directed by Vladimir Strizhevsky
Films scored by Michel Michelet
French black-and-white films
1930s French films
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