''The Prey of the Wind'' (French: ''La proie du vent'') is a 1927 French silent

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 ...

directed by

René Clair René Clair (11 November 1898 – 15 March 1981), born René-Lucien Chomette, was a French filmmaker and writer. He first established his reputation in the 1920s as a director of silent films in which comedy was often mingled with fantasy. He wen ...

and starring

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 ...

, Sandra Milovanoff and Jean Murat.McGerr p.50 The film's sets were designed by

Lazare Meerson Lazare Meerson (1900–1938) was a Russian-born cinema art director. After emigrating to France in the early 1920s, he worked on French films of the late silent cinema and the early 1930s, particularly those directed by René Clair and Jacques F ...

Cast

as Pierre Vignal * Sandra Milovanoff as La femme folle * Jean Murat as Le mari * Lillian Hall-Davis as La châtelaine *

Jim Gérald Jim Gérald (4 July 1889 – 2 July 1958) was a French actor. Gérald was born Gérald Ernest Cuénod in Paris. He died in Paris in 1958. Selected filmography * ''La légende de soeur Béatrix'' (1923) - Un soudard * ''The Imaginary Voyage' ...

as Le docteur

References

Bibliography

* Celia McGerr. ''René Clair''. Twayne Publishers, 1980.

External links

* 1927 films Films directed by René Clair French silent feature films French drama films 1927 drama films French black-and-white films Silent drama films 1920s French films {{1920s-France-film-stub