''Three from St Cyr'' (French: ''Trois de St Cyr'') is a 1939 French
adventure film
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directed by
Jean-Paul Paulin
Jean-Paul Paulin (1902–1976) was a French film director, producer and screenwriter.Goble p.202
Selected filmography Director
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* The Nude Woman (1922 film), an Italian silent drama film
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and starring
Roland Toutain,
Jean Mercanton
Jean Mercanton (20 May 1920 – 4 November 1947) was a French film actor.Goble p.106 Mercanton began his career as a child actor, making his film debut in the year of his birth.
Selected filmography
* '' Miarka'' (1920)
* '' The Two Boys'' (1924) ...
and
Jean Chevrier
Jean Chevrier (25 April 1915 – 13 December 1975) was a French film actor and member of the Comédie-Française. He appeared in 50 films between 1936 and 1972. He was married to actress Marie Bell. At the end of his life, he was known as J ...
. It was part of a group of big budget war and spy stories made at the time, which enjoyed box office success in the period just before the
Second World War
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broke out.
[Crisp p.330]
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
Pierre Schild
Pierre Schild (1897–1968) was a Russian Empire-born art director known for his work in French and Spanish cinema. Born Lakka Schildknecht, he left Russia following the October Revolution in 1917. Following the German invasion of France in 1940 he ...
and
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 ...
.
Synopsis
Three graduates of the French military academy at
St Cyr are posted to
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
where they become involved in the fight against rebels.
Cast
*
Roland Toutain as Paul Parent
*
Jean Mercanton
Jean Mercanton (20 May 1920 – 4 November 1947) was a French film actor.Goble p.106 Mercanton began his career as a child actor, making his film debut in the year of his birth.
Selected filmography
* '' Miarka'' (1920)
* '' The Two Boys'' (1924) ...
as Jean Le Moyne
*
Jean Chevrier
Jean Chevrier (25 April 1915 – 13 December 1975) was a French film actor and member of the Comédie-Française. He appeared in 50 films between 1936 and 1972. He was married to actress Marie Bell. At the end of his life, he was known as J ...
as Pierre Mercier
*
Paul Amiot
Paul Amiot (29 March 1886 – 26 January 1979) was a French film actor. His career spanned some 63 years and he appeared in nearly 100 films between 1910 and 1973.
In 1920 he appeared in Robert Péguy's ''Être aimé pour soi-même''. He was n ...
as Le général
*
Jean Worms
Jean Worms (1884–1943) was a French film actor who appeared in a mixture of leading and supporting roles. Worms played Tsar Nicholas II of Russia in the 1938 film ''Rasputin''.Kennedy-Karpat p.204
Partial filmography
* ''L'auberge rouge'' (191 ...
as Le commandant Lenoir
*
Jean Parédès
Jean Parédès (1914–1998) was a French film actor.Hayward p.145
Selected filmography
* ''Three from St Cyr'' (1939) - Bréval
* ''The Fatted Calf'' (1939) - Albert - le garçon de café
* ''La Charrette fantôme'' (1939) - Un salutiste (uncre ...
as Bréval
*
Maurice Marceau as Beaumont
*
Jean Fay
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People
* Jean (female given name)
* Jean (male given name)
* Jean (surname)
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* Jea ...
as Le lieutenant Moulin
*
Chukry-Bey as Un chef de tribu
*
Hélène Perdrière
Hélène Perdrière (born 17 April 1912 in Asnieres-sur-Seine, died 27 August 1992 in Boulogne-Billancourt) was a French stage and film actress.
After earning a first prize for comedy at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art in 1928, she be ...
as Françoise le Moyne
*
Léon Belières
Léon Belières (1880–1952) was a French film actor.Goble p.202
Selected filmography
* '' Figaro'' (1929)
* '' Levy and Company'' (1930)
* '' A Hole in the Wall'' (1930)
* '' The Road Is Fine'' (1930)
* ''Atlantis'' (1930)
* ''The Mystery of t ...
as M. Le Moyne
References
Bibliography
* Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002.
External links
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1939 films
1939 adventure films
French adventure films
1930s French-language films
Films directed by Jean-Paul Paulin
1930s French films
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