''Tumultes'' is a 1932 French
crime film
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...
directed by
Robert Siodmak
Robert Siodmak (; 8 August 1900 – 10 March 1973) was a German film director who also worked in the United States. He is best remembered as a thriller specialist and for a series of films noirs he made in the 1940s, such as ''The Killers'' (19 ...
and starring
Charles Boyer
Charles Boyer (; 28 August 1899 – 26 August 1978) was a French-American actor who appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1976. After receiving an education in drama, Boyer started on the stage, but he found his success in American fi ...
and
Florelle
Florelle (born Odette Élisa Joséphine Marguerite Rousseau, 9 August 1898 – 28 September 1974) was a French soprano singer and actress. She gained fame as Polly Peachum in the French film ''The Threepenny Opera'', after which she had numero ...
. It was made at the
Babelsberg Studio
Babelsberg Film Studio (german: Filmstudio Babelsberg), located in Potsdam-Babelsberg outside Berlin, Germany, is the second oldest large-scale film studio in the world only preceded by the Danish Nordisk Film (est. 1906), producing films since ...
in
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
and is a French-language version of ''
Storms of Passion'' which was also directed by Siodmak, but with German actors.
Cast
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Charles Boyer
Charles Boyer (; 28 August 1899 – 26 August 1978) was a French-American actor who appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1976. After receiving an education in drama, Boyer started on the stage, but he found his success in American fi ...
: Ralph Schwarz
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Florelle
Florelle (born Odette Élisa Joséphine Marguerite Rousseau, 9 August 1898 – 28 September 1974) was a French soprano singer and actress. She gained fame as Polly Peachum in the French film ''The Threepenny Opera'', after which she had numero ...
: Ania
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Clara Tambour : Yvonne
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Thomy Bourdelle
Thomy Charles Bourdelle (20 April 1891 – 27 June 1972) was a French actor.
Bourdelle was born in Paris and died in Toulon, Var, France.
Selected filmography
*'' Roger la Honte'' (1922)
* '' Surcouf'' (1925)
* '' Jocaste'' (1925)
* ''Jean ...
: Gustave Krouchovski
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Robert Arnoux
Robert Raymond Arnoux (23 October 1899, in Lille – 13 March 1964, in Paris) was a French actor.
Selected filmography
* ''Hantise'' (1922)
* ''Napoléon (1927 film), Napoléon'' (1927) - Un conventionnel (uncredited)
* ''Rive gauche'' (1931) ...
: Willi
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Marcel André
Marcel André (2 January 1885–13 October 1974) was a French film actor.Goble p.87
Selected filmography
* ''Si l'empereur savait ça'' (1930) - Albert (Master of the Horse)
* ''Soyons gais'' (1930) - Townley
* ''Le père célibataire'' (1931)
* ...
: le commissaire
*
Armand Bernard
Armand Bernard (born Armand Joseph Bernard; 21 March 1893 – 13 June 1968) was a French comic actor and composer known mainly for his prolific work in film.
Selected filmography
* '' Le traitement du hoquet'' (1918)
* '' The Little Cafe ...
: le bègue
*
Lucien Callamand
Lucien Callamand born Lucien Marie Pascal Eugène Callamand (April 1, 1888, in Marseille – December 3, 1968, in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes) was one of the earliest French film actors whose career spanned six decades of French cinema. Between 1909 ...
: Max
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Marcel Vallée
Marcel Vallée (15 January 1880, in Paris – 31 October 1957, in Fontaine-le-Port) was a French actor, primarily of the theater. He began working in films with Max Linder in 1906. He appeared in some American films.
Selected filmography
* '' ...
: Paul
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Louis Florencie
Louis Florencie (4 December 1896 – 4 December 1951) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1927 and 1951.
Selected filmography
* ''Companion Wanted'' (1932)
* ''Beauty Spot (film), Beauty Spot'' (1932)
* ''Suza ...
: 'Emma' Emmerich
*
Georges Deneubourg
Georges Deneubourg (1860–1936) was a French stage actor, stage and film actor.Goble p.163
Selected filmography
* ''La Tosca'' (1908)
* ''Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth'' (1912)
* ''Mothers of France'' (1917)
* ''The Fall of the Romanoffs'' ( ...
: un gardien de prison
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Noël Roquevert
Noël Roquevert (born Noël Louis Raymond Bénévent; 18 December 1892 – 6 November 1973) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1932 and 1972. Roquevert was born in Doué-la-Fontaine and was married ...
: un gardien de prison
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Marcel Merminod
Marcel Merminod (16 April 1893 – 31 May 1979) was a Swiss film actor. He appeared in 21 films between 1930 and 1970. He starred in the 1970 film '' Black Out'', which was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival.
Selected ...
Reception
The film received a very positive retropsective review in ''
Le Monde
''Le Monde'' (; ) is a French daily afternoon newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average circulation of 323,039 copies per issue in 2009, about 40,000 of which were sold abroad. It has had its own website si ...
''. Another review, also positive, recalls that Siodmak, one of the inventors of noir, probably shocked the 1930s audience with this pessimistic thriller. The film is also remembered for the songs it contains.
References
External links
''Tumultes''sur le site ''
Ciné-Ressources
''Ciné-Ressources'' is a union catalogue of the libraries and archives of French cinema, created on 22 August 2007 and managed by the Cinémathèque française.
Initiated by the in collaboration with the , it provides access to more than 200, ...
'' (
Cinémathèque française
The Cinémathèque Française (), founded in 1936, is a French non-profit film organization that holds one of the largest archives of film documents and film-related objects in the world. Based in Paris's 12th arrondissement, the archive offers ...
)
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1933 films
1930s French-language films
French black-and-white films
1933 multilingual films
1933 drama films
1930s French films
Films shot at Babelsberg Studios