''Adémaï in the Middle Ages'' (French: ''Adémaï au Moyen-Âge'') is a 1935 French

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directed by

Jean de Marguenat Jean de Marguenat (2 May 1893 – 16 April 1956) was a French screenwriter and film director. He directed nineteen films including the 1937 British musical ''The Street Singer (1937 film), The Street Singer'' (1937). Earlier in his life de Margu ...

and starring

Noël-Noël Noël-Noël (born Lucien Noël; 9 August 1897 – 5 October 1989) was a French actor and screenwriter. Partial filmography * ''La prison en folie'' (1931) − Yves Larsac * '' When Do You Commit Suicide?'' (1931) − Léon Mirol * '' Mistigri ...

Michel Simon Michel Simon (; 9 April 1895 – 30 May 1975) was a Swiss actor of German origin active primarily in France. Suzy Vernon Suzy Vernon (1901–1997) was a French film actress.Powrie p.178 Vernon was born Amelie Paris in Perpignan in Southern France. She began her screen career in 1923 during the silent era and went on to appear in just under fifty films. She generall ...

. It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice. The film's sets were designed by the

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Marcel Magniez. It was the second feature film for Adémaï, a character Noël-Noël had developed on the

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stage, following the previous year's hit ''

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''. The Corsican singer and future film star

Tino Rossi Constantin "Tino" Rossi (29 April 1907 – 26 September 1983) was a French singer and film actor of Corsican origin. Born in Ajaccio, Corsica, Rossi was gifted with a voice well suited for opera. He became a tenor in the French cabaret style. ...

appears as a

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Synopsis

In 1429, shortly after the

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during the

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between

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and England, the

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Adémaï's new bride Tiennette is captured by an English

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who coverts her for himself. She is imprisoned in a castle, then rescued by a French force in which two men also desire her and fight each other in a

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. Adéma meanwhile keeps getting caught up in the fighting between the English and French. When he sees Tiennette leaving with the handsome Philippe de Beauregard, a resigned Adémaï goes to enlist in the forces of

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Cast

as Adémaï *

as Tiennette * Marguerite Pierry as Miss Crocks *

Jacques Grétillat Jacques Marie Gaëtan Grétillat (26 August 1885 – 19 December 1950) was a French actor and film director. Grétillat was born in Vitry-sur-Seine (Val-de-Marne), and died in Paris. Partial filmography * ''Hamlet'' (1908, Short) - Hamlet * ...

as Le connétable * Maurice Maillot as Philippe de Beauregard *

as Le troubadour *

Raymond Cordy Raymond Cordy (9 December 1898 – 23 April 1956) was a French film actor,Youngkin p.466 born Raymond Cordiaux. He appeared in over a hundred and thirty films during his career. Selected filmography * '' Little Lise'' (1930) - Un joueur de bill ...

as Le chef de garde *

Maurice de Canonge Maurice de Canonge (March 18, 1894 – January 10, 1979) was a French actor and film director.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.222 He is also sometimes known by the name Maurice Cannon. Selected filmography Director * ''Stowaway Olive'' (1931) * ''Olive se ...

as Un officier anglais *

Daniel Mendaille Daniel Mendaille (27 November 1885 – 17 May 1963) was a French stage and film actor whose career spanned nearly sixty years. Early life Born Daniel Henri Élie Mendaille in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Mendaille studied architecture at the Académi ...

as Un chevalier

References

Bibliography

* Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929–1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1935 films 1935 comedy films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Jean de Marguenat French black-and-white films 1930s French films French sequel films French historical comedy films 1930s historical comedy films Films set in the 1420s Films shot at Victorine Studios Hundred Years' War films Films scored by Marcel Lattès French-language historical comedy films {{1930s-France-film-stub