''The Dying Land'' (French: ''La terre qui meurt'') is a 1936 French colour
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-g ...
directed by
Jean Vallée
Jean Vallée (born Paul Goeders in Verviers on 2 October 1941 – 12 March 2014, Clermont-sur-Berwinne) was a Belgian songwriter and performer. Vallée was appointed Knight of the Order of the Crown by HM Albert II in 1999.
Career
In 1967 Va ...
and starring
Pierre Larquey
Pierre Larquey (10 July 1884 – 17 April 1962) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1913 and 1962. Born in Cénac, Gironde, France, he died in Maisons-Laffitte at the age of 77.
Selected filmography
* ''Patr ...
,
Simone Bourday
Simone Bourday (1912–1943) was a French stage and film actress.Crisp p.151
Selected filmography
* ''La Vie miraculeuse de Thérèse Martin'' (1929)
* '' The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard'' (1929)
* ''The Sweetness of Loving'' (1930)
* '' The Voice ...
and
Line Noro
Line Noro (22 February 1900 – 4 November 1985) was a French stage and film actress.Hayward p.172 During the 1930s she played glamorous, often exotic, women in films such as ''Pépé le Moko''. Between 1945 and 1966 Noro was a member of the Com ...
.
[Crisp p.151] It is based on a novel by
René Bazin
René François Nicolas Marie Bazin (26 December 1853 – 20 July 1932) was a French novelist.
Biography
Born at Angers, he studied law in Paris, and on his return to Angers became Professor of Law in the Catholic university. In 1876, Bazin marr ...
.
The film's sets were designed by the
art director
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games.
It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Roland Quignon
Roland Quignon (1897–1984) was a French art director.Crisp p.151 He designed the sets for more than fifty films during his career. He also directed four films.
Selected filmography
* ''The Dying Land'' (1936)
* ''The House Across the Street'' ( ...
.
Cast
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Pierre Larquey as Le père Lumineau
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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) ...
as François
*
Mady Berry
Mady Berry (14 October 1887 – 18 January 1965) was a French stage and film actress.Waldman p.146
Selected filmography
* '' Gloria'' (1931)
* ''All That's Not Worth Love'' (1931)
* '' Moon Over Morocco'' (1931)
* ''The Girl and the Boy'' (1931)
...
as La Michelonne
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Raymond Bouquet
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Simone Bourday
Simone Bourday (1912–1943) was a French stage and film actress.Crisp p.151
Selected filmography
* ''La Vie miraculeuse de Thérèse Martin'' (1929)
* '' The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard'' (1929)
* ''The Sweetness of Loving'' (1930)
* '' The Voice ...
as Marie Rose
*
Jean Cyrano
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Paul Demange
*
Georges Flamant
Georges Flamant (1903–1990) was a French film actor.
Flamant came to attention for his role as a pimp in Jean Renoir's 1931 film ''La Chienne'' where he starred alongside Janie Marèse. He began a relationship with Marèse, but while driving on ...
*
Lucien Gallas as André
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Robert Goupil
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...
*
Marcelle Monthil
Marcelle Monthil (8 June 1892 – 8 November 1950) was a French film actress.
Born Marcelle Madeleine Montalenti in the Principality of Monaco, she died in Paris.
Selected filmography
* ''Love Songs'' (1930)
* '' When Love Is Over'' (1931)
* ...
as La deuxième Michelonne
*
Line Noro
Line Noro (22 February 1900 – 4 November 1985) was a French stage and film actress.Hayward p.172 During the 1930s she played glamorous, often exotic, women in films such as ''Pépé le Moko''. Between 1945 and 1966 Noro was a member of the Com ...
as Eléonore
*
Alexandre Rignault
Alexandre Rignault (14 February 1901 – 2 April 1985) was a French actor. He appeared in more than a hundred films between 1931 and 1985.
Selected filmography
External links
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1901 births
1985 deaths
...
as Matharin
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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 ...
*
Germaine Sablon as Felicite
See also
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List of early color feature films
This is a list of early feature-length color films (including primarily black-and-white films that have one or more color sequences) made up to about 1936, when the Technicolor three-strip process firmly established itself as the major-studio fa ...
References
Bibliography
* Crisp, Colin. ''French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 1, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2015.
External links
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1936 films
1930s color films
1936 drama films
French drama films
1930s French-language films
Films directed by Jean Vallée
Films based on French novels
1930s French films
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