''L'Épervier'' (''The Sparrowhawk''), is a French

drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has b ...

film from 1933, directed and written by

Marcel L'Herbier Marcel L'Herbier (; 23 April 1888 – 26 November 1979) was a French filmmaker who achieved prominence as an avant-garde theorist and imaginative practitioner with a series of silent films in the 1920s. His career as a director continued unti ...

, 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 Natalie Paley. The film was based on a play by

Francis de Croisset Francis de Croisset (; born Franz Wiener, 28 January 1877 – 8 November 1937) was a Belgian-born French playwright and opera librettist. Early life Born as Franz Wiener, he was educated in Brussels on 28 January 1877 into a prominent Jewish-Bel ...

.L’Épervier (1933)
at the ''Films de France'' It was also known in the USA under the title ''Les Amoureux''.

Cast

: Comte Georges de Dasetta * Natalie Paley : Marina (as Nathalie Paley) *

Marguerite Templey Marguerite Templey (1880–1944) was a French stage and film actress.Goble p.113 Selected filmography * '' The Beautiful Adventure'' (1932) * '' L'Épervier'' (1933) * ''Night in May'' (1934) * '' The Secret of Woronzeff'' (1935) * ''The New Tes ...

: Madame de Tierrache * George Grossmith Jr. : Erik Drakton * Pierre Richard-Willm : René de Tierrache * Jean Marais : (uncredited) *

Jean Toulout Jean Toulout (28 September 1887 – 23 October 1962) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1911 and 1959. Selected filmography * ''La Digue'' (1911) * '' The Mask of Horror'' (1912) * '' The Tenth Symphony'' ( ...

Loni Nest Eleonore "Loni" Arnault ( Nest, 4 August 1915 – 2 October 1990), known professionally by her maiden name of Loni Nest, was a German actress. Born in Berlin, she was a child star of German silent films in the 1920s. She was filmed for the first ...

Viviane Romance Viviane Romance (born Pauline Ronacher Ortmanns; 4 July 1912 – 25 September 1991) was a French actress. Viviane Romance was born in Roubaix, France. She began her career as a dancer at the Moulin Rouge in Paris and was elected Miss Paris of 19 ...

Gérard Landry Landry Fernand Charles Marrier de Lagatinerie (16 October 1912 – 18 September 1999), known professionally as Gérard Landry, was an Argentinian actor. He began acting in 1932 with his first movie ''Mirages de Paris'', acted for over fifty ...

* Christian-Gérard * Spadolini

References

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at the ''Films de France'' 1933 films 1933 drama films French drama films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Marcel L'Herbier French black-and-white films French films based on plays Films based on works by Francis de Croisset 1930s French films {{1930s-France-film-stub