''Boissière'' is a 1937 French

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directed by

Fernand Rivers Fernand Rivers (born François Large, 6 September 1879, Saint-Lager - 12 September 1960) was a French actor, screenwriter, film producer and director. He was the brother of the actor Rivers Cadet. Partial filmography Director * ''The Ironmaster ...

and starring Andrée Spinelly, Pierre Renoir and

Suzanne Desprès Suzanne Desprès (16 December 1875 – 1 July 1951), born Joséphine-Charlotte Bonvalet, was a French actress on stage and screen. Along with Sarah Bernhardt, she was one of the French actresses who played Hamlet before World War I. Early lif ...

. It is an adaptation of the 1935 novel of the same title by Pierre Benoit.Goble p.36 The film's sets were designed by the

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Robert Gys.

Cast

* Andrée Spinelly as Adlone Hébert * Pierre Renoir as Le général baron von Hubner *

as Catherine Vandehove * Lucien Nat as Jean Le Barois *

Pauline Carton Pauline Carton (; 4 July 1884 – 17 June 1974) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than 190 films between 1907 and 1974. Filmography * ''La fille du Boche'' (1915) * '' Blanchette'' (1921) * ''La femme de nulle part'' (1922) * ''C ...

as Estelle * Andrée Ducret as Madame Le Barois * Augustine Prieur as Françoise Faget * Paulette Élambert as La petite Lucile * Ducellier as La mère Thérèse * Marie Marcilly as Une vieille femme * Jean Yonnel as Hector Le Barois * Serge Grave as Le petit Jean * Rivers Cadet as Estève * Jean Périer as Charles Le Barois * Paul Velsa as Vigouroux * Ernest Ferny as Walrand * Henri Darcet as L'imitateur de Maillol

References

Bibliography

* Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. ''Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939''. Pygmalion, 1986. * Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002. * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1937 films French war drama films 1937 drama films 1937 war films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Fernand Rivers French black-and-white films 1930s French films Films based on French novels French World War I films Films based on works by Pierre Benoit Films scored by Henri Verdun French-language war drama films {{1930s-France-film-stub